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chorus: Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care Master’s gone away verses: When I was young I used to wait On master, handing him his plate I brought his bottle when he got dry And brushed away the blue tail fly [chorus] He used to ride each afternoon I'd follow with a hickory broom The pony kicked his legs up high When bitten by the blue tail fly [chorus] The pony run, he jump, he pitch He threw my master in the ditch My master died and who'll deny The blame was on the blue tail fly [chorus] We layed him under a simmon tree His epitaph is there to see "Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie A victim of the blue tail fly" [chorus] Old master's dead and gone to rest They say all things is for the best I won't forget until I die My master and the blue tail fly [chorus] The skeeter bites right through your clothes A hornet strikes you on the nose The bees may get you passing by But, oh, much worse, the blue tail fly [chorus]

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

There was a man of double deed, Who sowed his garden full of seed; When the seed began to grow, 'Twas like a garden full of snow; When the snow began to melt, 'Twas like a ship without a belt; When the ship began to sail, 'Twas like a bird without a tail; When the bird began to fly, 'Twas like an eagle in the sky; When the sky began to roar, 'Twas like a lion at my door; When my door began to crack, 'Twas like a stick across my back; When my back began to smart, 'Twas like a penknife in my heart; And when my heart began to bleed, 'Twas death, and death, and death indeed.