My Skiff is on De Shore
(Alternately: My Skiff am in De Shore, My Skiff am on De Shore,
My Skiff is by De Shore)
For information on this song as part of the blackface minstrel tradition, please see
its page in The Juba Project's Minstrelsy Database.
Credits
Art Babayants, piano; Alison Jutzi, vocals; Dennis Patrick, sound technician.
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Lyrics
Verse 1
My skiff is on de shore,
She’s light an she’s free;
To be a jolly skiff’s-man,
Dat life for me.
I lub a pretty gal,
Her name it is Dinah,
I am her dandy
From Ole Carolina.
Verse 2
Oh cum oh cum my dear,
Unto my skiff run,
Will sail along de stream,
By de ebe’ning sun;
Will sing an we will dance,
So happy an so gay;
Will not feel de time pass,
Till break ob de day.
Verse 3
Oh soon dat I will bid,
Good-bye to Carolina,
Oh den oh den I’ll marry
My sweet little Dinah;
I’ll take my lub away
In my skiff on de shore,
Far away from dis,
To hab peace eber more.
Chorus
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la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
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Tra la la la la la la la
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Tra la la la la la la la
la la la la la
My skiff is on de shore,
She’s light an she’s free;
To be a jolly skiff’s-man,
Dat life for me.
An as we glide along,
My song shall be,
My dearest Dinah,
I lub but dee.
Publication Information
Published by Thos. Prowse at the Manufactory, London.
British Library Shelf Number: H.1435(8)