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"SHE'S THE WICKEDEST CRITTER IN THE WORLD." Words by Geo. R. Sims; Music by Ivan Caryll. London: Hopwood & Crew, c. 1875. From Uncle Tom's Cabin, Musical Tableaux Vivants, Performed by the Moore & Burgess Minstrels.  Clifton Waller Barrett Collection University of Virginia |
TOPSY. Guess I had no mother, nebber had de luck; Guess a speculator raised me in Kentuck. Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! TOPSY. Guess it's 'cus dey're wicked niggers har am curled, Speck I'se de wickedest critter in de world. Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! TOPSY. Oh! niggers heads am woolly, guess they're made of wood, Knock 'em 'gainst de doorpost nebber do 'em good; Skin de blessed niggers, nebber make 'em white; Specks they're awful wicked and they can't do right. TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Skin de blackest niggers, nebber make 'em white; Specks they're awful wicked and they can't do right. TOPSY. Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! TOPSY. Missis whippin' Topsy skeeter wouldn't kill, All de swarin' at her leave her wicked still, Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! TOPSY. Specks it's 'cus dey're wicked niggers har am curled, Specks dey're de wickedest critters in de world. Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! TOPSY. Oh! niggers'heads am woolly, guess they're made of wood, Knock 'em 'gainst de doorpost nebber do 'em good; Skin de blessed niggers, nebber make 'em white; Specks they're awful wicked and they can't do right. TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Skin de blessed niggers, nebber make 'em white, Specks they're awful wicked and they can't do right. TOPSY. Yha! yha! yha! DINAH. Yha! yha! yha! 2 BOYS. Yha! yha! yha! TUTTI. SOPRANO. TENOR. BASS. Yha! yha! yha! |
