When at night we all rest from our labor, be sure but our rent is all paid. We lay down our pick and our shovel, likewise our axe and our spade. We all set a-joking together, there was nothing our minds to enthrall If happiness be in this wide world, I am sure it is on the canal.
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It was down in Louisiana, Not many years ago, I fell in lub wid a pretty gal, And her name was Jane Monroe; Her eyes was bright as diamonds, Her teeth was white as snow-- Oh, de prettiest gal I eber saw, Was charming Jane Monroe!
But now she is far, far away, And we hear from her ebery day; And if she was here we’d have nothing to fear, For we darkies all lub her so gay.
She was like a model, From her head down to her toe, And sprightly as de hopper grass, Was charming Jane Monroe. I’d rather be a slave for life, And hab de corn to hoe, Dan to be free, and lib widout My charming Jane Monroe. But now she is far, far away, &c.
A darkey trader came one day, And bought my gal from me, And left me here alone to mourn Beneaf de cypress-tree; It fill’d my heart wid grief an’ pain, To think dey’d treat me so, But I live in hopes to meet again My charming Jane Monroe. But now she far, far away, &c.
The King will take the Queen, And the Queen will take the Jack; And now as we’re together here, We’ll ne’er a one go back: Here’s to you, Tom Brown, And with you I’ll drink a quart; Here’s to you with all my heart, And with you I’ll spend a shilling or two, And thus before we part, Here’s to you, Tom Brown. _Repeat._
The Jack will take the Ten, And the Ten will take the Nine; And now that we’re together here, We’ll take a glass of wine. Here’s to you, Tom Brown, &c.
The Nine will take the Eight, And the Eight will take the Seven; And now that we’re together here, We’ll stay ’till after eleven. Here’s to you, Tom Brown, &c.
The Seven will take the Six, And the Six will take the Five; And now that we’re together here; We’ll drink while we’re alive. Here’s to you, Tom Brown, &c.
The Five will take the Four, And the Four will take the Trey, (three) And now that we’re together here, We’ll stay till the break of day. Here’s to you, Tom Brown, &c.