1.
White folks, I'll sing for you,
Nuffin else to do,
Spend my time a pickin' on de banjo! Hey!
Brudder Gum.
Chorus:
My Brudder Gum,
My Brudder Gum so fair,
All da yaller galls runin' round,
Try to get a lock ob his hair.
2.
Hard work all de day,
Hab no time to play,
Berry fine time a diggin' in the cornfield, Hay!
Brudder Gum.
Chorus:
3.
Tudder afternoon,
I thought I saw de moon,
Saw my true lub comin' through de cane-brake, Hay!
Brudder Gum.
Chorus:
4.
Went one berry fine day,
To ride in a one-horse sleigh,
Hollow'd to de old hoss, comin' through de toll-gate, Hay!
Brudder Gum.
Chorus:
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.