Old Zip Coon

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T:Old Zip Coon
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1960, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:There was once a man with a dou-ble chin,
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w:Who per-formed with skill on a vi-o-lin:
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w: And he played in time and he played in tune,
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w:But he nev-er played an-y-thing but Old Zip Coon'.
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w:''Old Zip Coon' he played all day
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w:Un-til he drove his friends a-way;
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w:He played all night by the light of the moon
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w:And he would-n't play an-y-thing but 'Old Zip Coon'
W:There once was a man with a double chin,
W:Who played with skill on a violin:
W:And he played in time and he played in tune,
W:But he never played anything but 'Old Zip Coon'.
W:'Old Zip Coon' he played all day,
W:Until he drove his friends away;
W:He played all night by the light of the moon
W:And wouldn't play anything but 'Old Zip Coon'.
W:
W:So the neighbours said "Will you kindly play
W:'Nellie Bly' or 'Where are the Flowers in May'?"
W:Any tune will do if its not that tune,"
W:But he wouldn't play anything but 'Old Zip Coon'.
W:'Old Zip Coon' he played all night,
W:Until the owls and bats took flight;
W:His friends all begged for a different tune,
W:But he wouldn't play anything but 'Old Zip Coon'.
W:
W:So they took that man with the double chin,
W:All his worldly goods and the violin.
W:And they shipped him off to a foreign shore
W:Where the natives had never heard the tune before.
W:'Old Zip Coon' he played all day:
W:He played until the natives ran away:
W:He played and played by the light of the moon
W:Till they wished they had never heard of 'Old Zip Coon'.
W:
W:They have left him there by the deep blue sea,
W:Where he lives alone in a hollow tree;
W:And he played that tune and it never ends,
W:So it isn't surprising that he has no friends.
W:'Old Zip Coon' he plays all day,
W:There's no one left to run away;
W:And still he thinks it's a beautiful tune,
W:And that is the history of 'Old Zip Coon'.

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