Letra y Música: Chas. Shackford
(Central Publ. Co., New York, 1896)
Letra:
Dah´s a mighty heap ob truble Brewin down in Tennessee
And its all about a little yaller coon.
Now dis little pickaninny was a black as he could be
On de mornin he was born de fust ob June
Now de caus ob dis commotion was de fact dat ober night,
Exactly on de fullness on de moon
Dat dis little pickaninny changed his skin from black to white
In de morn dey found a little yaller coon.
Chorus
Sleeping by the fire in his mammy´s arms,
While she sings to him this tune.
Honey don´t yer cry, wipe yer shiny eye,
You´se ´gwine to be a little yaller coon.
Nebber mind yer color if yer heart aint black.
Better days am comin soon.
Wipe yer shiny eye, you´ll always live and die
Only just a little yaller coon.
Eb´ry darkey in de county came to see de wond´rous sight
When dey heard about dis little yaller coon.
And dey rolled dere eyes to heaben
And declar´d he would be white
Cause his skin changed at de fullness ob de moon.
But at last his mammy stated that she had a pow´full fright,
On de evenin dat dis little coon was born
For an old white rooster warned her by his crowin in de night
Dat her honey boy would be a yaller coon.
Versiones:
👉🏽 Berliner 0309. Len Spencer (1899)