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The poster's faded underneath
Last summer's morning glory vine,
An old silk hat and a stump of cigar
And an empty bottle of wine.
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Lay me down Carolina, lay me down
Don't want to wake up in the morning no more
Sing me one slow sad song
For this one last old time
Before they close the minstrel show
Banjo's got a broken string,
Don't expect I'll get to fix it now.
Won't be no more songs to sing,
I'm rusty anyhow.
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Daddy Bones is dead, I guess,
You probably don't know nor care.
And Frank and Arch have gone away
Somewhere, I don't know where.
Chorus
The money and the crowds ran out
Before we left the last town.
This old show's done played its run
And rung the curtain down.
Chorus
Don't know where we go from here
Come to that, I just don't care.
Maybe we'll go to a better place
And the minstrel show'll be there.
Chorus
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