The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane

The Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane
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I’m getting old and feeble now, I cannot work no more
I’se laid the rusty bladed hos to rest
Ole massa an ole miss’s am dead,
dey’re sleepin’ side by side
Deir spirits now are roaming wid the blest
De scene am changed about de place, de darkles am all gone
I’ll never hear dem singing in de cane:
And I’se de only one dat’s left wid dis ole dog ob mine
In de little old log cabin in de lane

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De chimney’s falling down and de roof is cavin’ in
I ain’t got long round here to remain:
But de angels watches over me when I lays down to sleep
In de little old log cabin in de lane

Dere was a happy time to me, ’twas many years адо
When de darkles used to gather round de door
When dey used to dance and sing at night, I played de old banjo
But, alas I cannot play it any more
De hinges dey got rusted an’ de door has tumbled down
An’ de roof lets in de sunshine and de rain
And I’se de only one dat’s left wid dis ole dog ob ob mine
In de little old log cabin in de lane

De foot path now is covered o’er dat led us round de hill
And de fences are all going to decay
An’ de creek is all dried up where we used to go to mill
De time has turned its course anodder way
But I ain’t got long to stay here an’ what little time I got
I’ll try an’ be contended to remain
Till death shall call my dog an’ me to find a better home
Dan that little ole log cabin in the lane