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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

Charleston Gals

By Negro Hymns and Songs: Miscellaneous

AS I walked down the new-cut road,

I met the tap and I met the toad;

The toad commenced to whistle and sing,

And the possum cut the pigeon wing.

Hi ho, for Charleston gals!

Charleston gals are the gals for me.

Along come an old man riding by:

Old man, mind, or your horse will die;

If he dies I’ll tan his skin,

And if he lives I’ll ride him agin.

As I went a-walkin’ down the street,

Up steps Charleston gals to walk with me.

I kep’ a walkin’ and they kep’ a talkin’,

I danced with a gal with a hole in her stockin’.

Hi ho! for Charleston gals!

Charleston gals are the gals for me.