When old Reuben left home, he wasn’t but nine days old, When he come back he was a full grown man. When he come back he was a full grown man. 
They got old Reuben down and they took his watch and charm, It was everything that poor boy had. It was everything that poor boy had. 
I got my chickens in my sack and the hounds are on my track. But I’ll make it to my shanty ’fore day, And I’ll keep my skillet good and greasy all the time. 
The longest train that I ever seen, Run around Joe Brown’s coal mine, The engine past (sic) at six o’clock, And the last car passed by at nine. 
Black girl, black girl, don’t lie to me, Where did you stay last night? In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines, And I shivered where the cold wind blew. 
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