Oh Joshua - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
OH! JOSHUA. Copyright, 1886, by W. F. Shaw. Words and Music by C. Frank Horn. 
He sweetest gal in Johnson's Row am 'Cindy Barton, I lub her from de mawnin' dawn until de close ob day; She nearly busts my pocket, so I'll hab to shake her sartin'. For if she sees a thing she wants, she Debtor fails to say: 
Chorus. Oh! Joshua, oh! Joshua, doan' rush away Joshua Brown, Come here, I say, now doan' delay, to hab some moah I'se boun'; I say now Joshua, dear Joshua, my sugar plum. Joshua Brown, If you doau' treat me kindly, I'll 'luminaie the town. 
I tak her to a supper once, oh, my! oh, my, oh! De way she put de fodder down hit almos' turned my head: She tackled beans and warious greens and oyster stews and pie, oh! Deu when she hod 'em gobbled in she turned to me and said:-Chorus. 
I tuk her out a-sleighin' once, de bells did jingle, De hoss was tame, I hugged her close as close as close could be; And when I got her home again, wid col' my ears did tingle; Den when I went to help her out she softly said to me:-Chorus. 
She often tells me dat I am a gay deceiber; I gib her points in makin' lub in de ole-fashioned way; Yet ebry time I kiss dat gal, and turn aroun' to leab her, She'll grab my coat and pull me back and dis is what she'll say:-Chorus.