The Blue Tail Fly (jimmie Crack Corn) Lyrics - Children

When I was young I use' to wait 

On massa an' hand him his plate 

An' pass de bottle when he got dry 

An' brush away de blue-tail fly 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Ol' Massa's gone away 

One day he ride aroun' de farm 

De flies so num'rous they did swarm 

One chanced to bite him on de thigh 

De devil take de blue-tail fly! 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Ol' Massa's gone away 

De pony run, he jump he pitch 

He threw my Massa in de ditch 

He died an' de jury wondered why 

De verdict was de blue-tail fly 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Ol' Massa's gone away 

They lay him under a simmon tree 

His epitaph is there to see -- 

"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie -- 

Victim of de blue-tail fly." 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care 

Ol' Massa's gone away