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That's What's the Matter With the Purps. COMIC SONG, Published by the Author. Sold by Music Dealers in General.
A.C. PETERS & BRO., Cincinnati, O. W.A. POND, New York. G.D. BENSON,, Nashville, Tenn. TRIPP & CRAGG, Louisville, Ky. Lee & WALKER, Philadelphia, Pa.
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"DAT'S WHATS DE MATTER WID DE PURPS."
Lively.
'Twas down South in Dixie, Whar dey raise de Rice and Cotton, And
Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1865, for the Author, by Tripp & Cragg, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Ky.
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took it to the Northern States And swap'd it off for Bacon, Dey bof had so much Dey didn't know what to do, So this bloody war commenced With the Hoop te do den do.
CHORUS.
I tell you what it is, I'se at de bottom ob de fuss, Dat's what I told you Was de matter wid de purps, I tell you what it is, I'se at de
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bottom ob de fuss, Dat's what I told you Was de matter with de purps.
2. De bacon spil't on our hands, De souf burnt up de Cotton, And den came de Proclamation, Which dis Nigga's not forgotten. 'Twas a Victory for de Souf, And Split de Norf in two, Dey went to fighting about old Cuff, Wid de hoop de do'n doo. Chorus, I tell you what it is, &c.
3. Dey drafted in the Souf, And made a mighty splatter, Dey found it hard to whip de Yanks, And dat is whats de matter. Massa Abe, he did the conscript try, But found it wouldn't do, New York raised the bloody cry, with the hoop de do'n doo. Chorous. I tell you what it is, &c.
4. De Yanks fight de Secesh, and de Secesh fight de Yankee's, It was mighty hard to tell, Who had gained de most advantage. Abe called out his Nigga boy's, And Jeff. said he would too, So it Nigga fight de Nigga, Wid de hoop te do'n doo.
Chorus, When dis Cruel war is over, Spec dey bo'f will have de worst, Dat's what I told you, Was de Matter wid de purp's.