Old Uncle Ned

This is another one of those songs written for the small men's group that met at Foster's home twice a week, The Knights Of The Square Table. It became a favorite and was sung in minstrel shows and all the way up to the concert halls. Background music is in the key of G

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Dere was an old dark-ey,

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de called him Un-cle Ned,

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H-e's dead long a-go, long a-go!

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He had no wool

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on de top ob his head,

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De place whar de wool ought to grow

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Den lay down de shub-ble

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and de h-o-o-o-e

chorus

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Hang up de fid-dle and de bow:

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No more hard work for poor old Ned

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He's gone whar de good dark-eys go.

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No more hard work for poor old Ned

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He's gone whar de good dark-eys go.

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