Verse:
F Bb
When I was young I use' to wait
F C7 Gm7 C7
On massa an' hand him his plate
F Bb
An' pass de bottle when he got dry
C7 F
An' brush away de blue-tail fly
Chorus:
C7
Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care
F
Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care
Bb
Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care
C7 F
Ol' Massa's gone away
One day he ride aroun' de farm
De flies so num'rous they did swarm
One chanced to bite him on de thigh
De devil take de blue-tail fly!
Chorus
De pony run, he jump he pitch
He threw my Massa in de ditch
He died an' de jury wondered why
De verdict was de blue-tail fly
Chorus
They lay him under a simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see --
"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie --
Victim of de blue-tail fly."
Chorus
