Oh! Lemuel, my lark
Oh! Lemuel, my beau
I'm going to give a ball tonight
I'd hab for you to know
And if you want to dance
Just dance outside the door
Because your feet're so very large
They'll cover all the floor
Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
Go down to the cotton fields
And bring them boys away
Go down to the cotton fields!
Go down, I say!
Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
We'll work no more today
Oh! Lemuel, my hope
Oh! Lemuel, my joy
I'll tell you who'll be at the ball
My woolly headed boy
There's Nelly Bly, you know
And Juliana Snow
And cane-brake Kitty likes the boys
And she'll be sure to go
Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
Go down to the cotton fields
And bring them boys away
Go down to the cotton fields!
Go down, I say!
Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
We'll work no more today
Oh! Lemuel is tall
Oh! Lemuel is fair
Oh! Lemuel gone for a walk
To take the morning air
He makes the fiddle hum
He makes the banjo tum
He rattles on the old jawbone
And beats upon the drum
Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
Go down to the cotton fields
And bring them boys away
Go down to the cotton fields!
Go down, I say!
Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
We'll work no more today
Oh! Lemuel, my lark
Oh! Lemuel, my beau
I'm going to give a ball tonight
I'd hab for you to know
And if you want to dance
Just dance outside the door
Because your feet're so very large
They'll cover all the floor
Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
Go down to the cotton fields
And bring them boys away
Go down to the cotton fields!
Go down, I say!
Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
We'll work no more today
Go down to the cotton fields!
Go down, I say!
Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
We'll work no more today