An' you could n't he'p f'om dancin' ef yo' feet was boun' wif twine,

When Angelina Johnson comes a-swingin' down de line.

Don't you know Miss Angelina? She 's de da'lin' of de place.

W'y, dey ain't no high-toned lady wif sich mannahs an' sich grace.

She kin move across de cabin, wif its planks all rough an' wo';

Jes' de same 's ef she was dancin' on ol' mistus' ball-room flo'.

Fact is, you do' see no cabin—evaht'ing you see look grand,

An' dat one ol' squeaky fiddle soun' to you jes' lak a ban';

Cotton britches look lak broadclof an' a linsey dress look fine,

When Angelina Johnson comes a-swingin' down de line.