Jump Jim Crow Lyrics - Michelle Shocked

Jump Jim Crow, jump Jim Crow 

How do you do, you walk so slow 

Like a little red rooster with one trick leg 

Looks like you the one laying the egg 

I don't know when but it'll be real soon 

Going down the road by the light of the moon 

Going to the city to see Zip Coon 

Hip Zip Coon, you sure look slick 

How do you do that walking trick 

You got a woman on your left 

A woman on your right 

You all dressed up like a Saturday night 

Strolling down the street, feeling fine 

Tipping your hat, saying, "Howdy, Shine" 

If I knew your secret I would make it mine 

Tarbaby, Tarbaby, tell me true 

Who is really the jigaboo? 

Is it the white man, the white talking that jive 

Or the black man, the black, trying to stay alive? 

You can't touch a Tarbaby, everybody knows 

Smiling all the while wit de bone in de nose 

That's the way the story goes 

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-aye 

My, oh my, what a wonderful day 

Plenty of sunshine heading my way 

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-aye