Old Uncle Edward.There formerly might have been seen an aged colored individual,Whose cognomen was Uncle Edward,He departed this life some time since, some time since,And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium,On the place designed by nature for the capillary to vegetate.CHORUS.Then lay down the agricultural implements,Allow the violin and the bow to be pendent on the wall.—For there is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward,For he has departed to the abode designated by a kind Providence for all pious, humane, and benevolent individuals.Uncle Edward had digits equal in longitude to theBamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the bank of the Southern Mississippi,And he had no oculars with which to observeThe beauties of nature,And he had no dental formations with which toMasticate the Indian meal cake,Consequently he was forced to permit theIndian meal cake to pass by with impunity.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.When Uncle Ned relinquished his hold on vitality,His master was exceedingly grieved,And the lachrymal poured down his cheeks similar to the rain from heaven,For he knew that the old man was laid beneath terra firma, terra firma,He would never have the pleasure of beholding the physiognomy of the aged Edward any more.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
There formerly might have been seen an aged colored individual,Whose cognomen was Uncle Edward,He departed this life some time since, some time since,And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium,On the place designed by nature for the capillary to vegetate.CHORUS.Then lay down the agricultural implements,Allow the violin and the bow to be pendent on the wall.—For there is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward,For he has departed to the abode designated by a kind Providence for all pious, humane, and benevolent individuals.Uncle Edward had digits equal in longitude to theBamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the bank of the Southern Mississippi,And he had no oculars with which to observeThe beauties of nature,And he had no dental formations with which toMasticate the Indian meal cake,Consequently he was forced to permit theIndian meal cake to pass by with impunity.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.When Uncle Ned relinquished his hold on vitality,His master was exceedingly grieved,And the lachrymal poured down his cheeks similar to the rain from heaven,For he knew that the old man was laid beneath terra firma, terra firma,He would never have the pleasure of beholding the physiognomy of the aged Edward any more.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
There formerly might have been seen an aged colored individual,Whose cognomen was Uncle Edward,He departed this life some time since, some time since,And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium,On the place designed by nature for the capillary to vegetate.CHORUS.Then lay down the agricultural implements,Allow the violin and the bow to be pendent on the wall.—For there is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward,For he has departed to the abode designated by a kind Providence for all pious, humane, and benevolent individuals.Uncle Edward had digits equal in longitude to theBamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the bank of the Southern Mississippi,And he had no oculars with which to observeThe beauties of nature,And he had no dental formations with which toMasticate the Indian meal cake,Consequently he was forced to permit theIndian meal cake to pass by with impunity.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.When Uncle Ned relinquished his hold on vitality,His master was exceedingly grieved,And the lachrymal poured down his cheeks similar to the rain from heaven,For he knew that the old man was laid beneath terra firma, terra firma,He would never have the pleasure of beholding the physiognomy of the aged Edward any more.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
There formerly might have been seen an aged colored individual,Whose cognomen was Uncle Edward,He departed this life some time since, some time since,And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium,On the place designed by nature for the capillary to vegetate.
There formerly might have been seen an aged colored individual,
Whose cognomen was Uncle Edward,
He departed this life some time since, some time since,
And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium,
On the place designed by nature for the capillary to vegetate.
CHORUS.
Then lay down the agricultural implements,Allow the violin and the bow to be pendent on the wall.—For there is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward,For he has departed to the abode designated by a kind Providence for all pious, humane, and benevolent individuals.
Then lay down the agricultural implements,
Allow the violin and the bow to be pendent on the wall.—
For there is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward,
For he has departed to the abode designated by a kind Providence for all pious, humane, and benevolent individuals.
Uncle Edward had digits equal in longitude to theBamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the bank of the Southern Mississippi,And he had no oculars with which to observeThe beauties of nature,And he had no dental formations with which toMasticate the Indian meal cake,Consequently he was forced to permit theIndian meal cake to pass by with impunity.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
Uncle Edward had digits equal in longitude to the
Bamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the bank of the Southern Mississippi,
And he had no oculars with which to observe
The beauties of nature,
And he had no dental formations with which to
Masticate the Indian meal cake,
Consequently he was forced to permit the
Indian meal cake to pass by with impunity.
Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
When Uncle Ned relinquished his hold on vitality,His master was exceedingly grieved,And the lachrymal poured down his cheeks similar to the rain from heaven,For he knew that the old man was laid beneath terra firma, terra firma,He would never have the pleasure of beholding the physiognomy of the aged Edward any more.Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.
When Uncle Ned relinquished his hold on vitality,
His master was exceedingly grieved,
And the lachrymal poured down his cheeks similar to the rain from heaven,
For he knew that the old man was laid beneath terra firma, terra firma,
He would never have the pleasure of beholding the physiognomy of the aged Edward any more.
Chorus.—Then lay down, &c.