De Blue Tail Fly Songtext
von 2nd South Carolina String Band

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If you should come in the summertime
To South Carolina′s sultry clime
If in de shade you chance to lie
You'll soon find out de blue tail fly
An′ scratcher 'im wid a brier too

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When I was young, I used to wait
On Massa's table an′ hand de plate
I′d pass de bottle when he get dry
An' brush away de blue tail fly
An′ scratcher 'im wid a brier too

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Den arter dinner Massa sleep
He bid me vigilance to keep
An′ when he gwine to shut his eye
He tell me watch de blue tail fly
An' scratcher ′im wid a brier too

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When he ride in the arternoon
I foller wid a hickory broom
De pony being berry shy
When bitten by de blue tail fly
An' scratcher 'im wid a brier too

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One day he rode aroun′ de farm
De flies so numerous did swarm
One chance to bit ′im on the thigh
De debble take dat blue tail fly
An' scratcher ′im wid a brier too

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Dey laid 'im ′neath the simmon tree
His epitaph am dar to see
Beneath dis stone I'm forced to lie
De victim of de blue tail fly
An′ scratcher wid a brier too

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Ole Massa's gone, now let 'im rest
Day say all things am for de best
I neber shall forget till de day I die
Ole Massa and de blue tail fly
An′ scratcher wid a brier too

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