Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly)
| Category: | Fun |
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| Category: | Repeat After Me |
| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | Often sung as a call-and-response folk song. Originated in the 1800s and has roots in minstrel traditions, though now often sung in lighthearted or campfire settings. |
| Notes: | Leader: "Jimmy crack corn," Group: "and I don't care!" |
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
CWhen I was young I Fused to wait
On my Cmaster and G7bring him his plate
C7Pass him the bottle when Fhe got dry
And G7brush away the Cblue-tail fly
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
COne day he ride a-Fround the farm
Flies so Cnumerous that G7they did swarm
C7One chanced to bite him Fon the thigh
The G7devil take the Cblue-tail fly
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
CWhen he would ride in the Fafternoon
I'd Cfollow him with my G7hickory broom
The C7pony behan to Frun and shy
When G7bitten by the Cblue-tail fly
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
CThe pony run, he jump, Fhe pitch
He Cthrew my master G7in the ditch
He C7died and the jury Fwondered why
The G7verdict was the Fblue-tail fly
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
CThey laid him under the F'simmon tree
His epi-Ctaph is G7there to see
C7"Beneath this stone FI'm forced to lie
A G7victim of a Cblue-tail fly"
CJimmy crack corn, and G7I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and CI don't care
C7Jimmy crack corn, and FI don't care, My G7master's gone a-Cway
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