Crowded Out

Crowded Out

Nobody ain’t Christmas shoppin’Fur his stockin’,Nobody ain’t cotch no turkey,Nobody ain’t bake no pie.Nobody’s laid nuthin’ by;Santa Claus don’t cut no figgerFur his mammy’s little nigger.Seems lak everybody’s rushin’An’ er crushin’;Crowdin’ shops an’ jammin’ trolleys,Buyin’ shoes an’ shirts an’ toysFur de white folks’ girls an’ boys;But no hobby-horse ain’t rockin’Fur his little wore-out stockin’.He ain’t quar’lin’, recollec’,He don’t specNuthin’—it’s his not expectin’Makes his mammy wish—O Laws!—Fur er nigger Santy Claus,Totin’ jus’ er toy balloonFur his mammy’s little coon.

Nobody ain’t Christmas shoppin’Fur his stockin’,Nobody ain’t cotch no turkey,Nobody ain’t bake no pie.Nobody’s laid nuthin’ by;Santa Claus don’t cut no figgerFur his mammy’s little nigger.Seems lak everybody’s rushin’An’ er crushin’;Crowdin’ shops an’ jammin’ trolleys,Buyin’ shoes an’ shirts an’ toysFur de white folks’ girls an’ boys;But no hobby-horse ain’t rockin’Fur his little wore-out stockin’.He ain’t quar’lin’, recollec’,He don’t specNuthin’—it’s his not expectin’Makes his mammy wish—O Laws!—Fur er nigger Santy Claus,Totin’ jus’ er toy balloonFur his mammy’s little coon.

Nobody ain’t Christmas shoppin’Fur his stockin’,Nobody ain’t cotch no turkey,Nobody ain’t bake no pie.Nobody’s laid nuthin’ by;Santa Claus don’t cut no figgerFur his mammy’s little nigger.

Nobody ain’t Christmas shoppin’

Fur his stockin’,

Nobody ain’t cotch no turkey,

Nobody ain’t bake no pie.

Nobody’s laid nuthin’ by;

Santa Claus don’t cut no figger

Fur his mammy’s little nigger.

Seems lak everybody’s rushin’An’ er crushin’;Crowdin’ shops an’ jammin’ trolleys,Buyin’ shoes an’ shirts an’ toysFur de white folks’ girls an’ boys;But no hobby-horse ain’t rockin’Fur his little wore-out stockin’.

Seems lak everybody’s rushin’

An’ er crushin’;

Crowdin’ shops an’ jammin’ trolleys,

Buyin’ shoes an’ shirts an’ toys

Fur de white folks’ girls an’ boys;

But no hobby-horse ain’t rockin’

Fur his little wore-out stockin’.

He ain’t quar’lin’, recollec’,He don’t specNuthin’—it’s his not expectin’Makes his mammy wish—O Laws!—Fur er nigger Santy Claus,Totin’ jus’ er toy balloonFur his mammy’s little coon.

He ain’t quar’lin’, recollec’,

He don’t spec

Nuthin’—it’s his not expectin’

Makes his mammy wish—O Laws!—

Fur er nigger Santy Claus,

Totin’ jus’ er toy balloon

Fur his mammy’s little coon.


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