Christy, Edwin P. 'Nancy Gray' in 'Christy's Plantation Melodies, No. 4. The Only Authorized Edition of Genuine Christy's Songs. Published Under the Authority of Edwin P. Christy, Originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the First to Harmonize Negro Melodies' . Philadelphia: Fisher and Brother, 1854. [format: book], [genre: song]. Permission: Newberry Library
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I fell in love with Nancy Gray, the first time that I met her;
She looked so loving at me, that I never can forget her;
I said that I would win her love, not minding the expense;
So I treated her to peanuts, till it cost me fifteen pence.

Chorus.
Oh! dear, oh! She stole my heart away,
And then she left me here to die — deceitful Nancy Gray!

I met her down Broadway one night, with a great big darkey walking;
I turned and followed close behind, and overheard them talking;
He told her that he loved her, and she said that she loved him;
Oh! I felt as if I had sat down on a cushion full of pins.

Chorus. Oh! dear, &c.

I must have satisfaction, so I'll have to fight a duel;
I'll send a challenge to that dark who cut me out so cruel;
I'll kill him dead as chowder then, without a word of pity;
And then I'll leave this country, and I'll go to Jersey City.