Cat. #1232 (MFH #851) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 26, 1971
CHORUS:
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Th old Master's gone away
VERSE 1
We buried him by a cimmon tree
I placed th headstone there to see
Beneath th stone where he had to lie
Th victim of a blue tail fly
CHORUS:
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Th Mater's gone away
VERSE 2
The old man died an' gone to rest
They say things, is for th best
I'll never forget, till th day I die
The ole Master an' th blue tail fly
VERSE 3
Well, th bees are swarmin' around your eyes an' nose
They once kept by th rual clothes
The grasshoppers flies up so high
They missed them, th blue tail fly
CHORUS:
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Jim crack corn an' I don't care
Th Master's gone away