Song Lyrics Unknown - Good Old Jeff    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Good Old Jeff Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Good Old Jeff Theme ID: 4171 Album: N/A GOOD OLD JEFF "Tis just a year ago today that I remember well I sat down by poor Nelly's side and a story she did tell "Twas about a poor old darkey Jeff, that lived for many a year But now he's dead and in his grave, no trouble does he fear For good old Jeff had gone to rest We know that he is free Disturb him not, but let him rest Way down in Tennessee She took my arm, we walked along into an open field And then she paused to breathe a while, then to his grave did steal She sat down by that little mound and softly whispered there "Come to me, Father, 'tis thy child," and gently dropped a tear But since that time, how things are changed, poor Nell that was my bride Is laid beneath the cold clay sod, down by her father's side I planted there upon her grave a weeping willow tree I bathed its roots with many a tear that it might shelter me @slave @family @death filename[ OLDJEFF I knew a cheery child's song based on the chorus: The poor old slave had gone to rest I know that he is free His bones they lie, disturb them neigh Way down in Tennessee This then got increasingly decorated as: The poor, poor old slave, slave has gone, gone to rest, rest.. The pop poor old slop slave has gop gone to rop rest... The piggily poor old sliggily slave has giggily gone... SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Gooey Duck Song, Gory Gory, Gospel Boat, Gospel Changes, Government On Horseback, Gower Wassail, Gpu, Grafted Into The Army, Grandfathers Clock, Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Grapes On The Vine, Great Green Gobs, Great Mandela, Great Storm Is Over, Greece Anthem Text, Greece Native Anthem Text, Green Back Dollar, Green Brier Shore, Green Broom, Green Bushes, Green Green Its Green They Say, Green Grow The Lilacs, Green Grow The Rashes O, Green Mountain, Green Valley, Greenback Dollar, Greenbergs, Greenland Fisheries, Greenland Monopole, Greenland Whale Fisheries, Greensleeves, Greenstamps, Grenada Anthem Text, Grey Funnel Line, Grey Hawk, Grey Jacket And Grey Trousers, Grey Mare, Grey Silkie Of Sule Skerry, Griesly Bride, Grimsby Lads, Griselda, Gruel, Guantanamera, guas De Maro, Guatemala Anthem Text, Guatemala Native Anthem Text, Gunboat Sailors, Guy Fawkes, Gypsy Davey, Gypsy Laddie, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy