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Artist: The Early Minstrel Show
Canonical path: /the-early-minstrel-show/stop-dat-knocking
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Stop Dat Knocking
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Stop Dat Knocking
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I once did lub a colored gal
Whose name was Suzy Brown
She came from old Virginia
She was the fairest in the town
Her eyes so bright they shine at night
When de Moon am gone away
She used to call dis darkey up
Just before the broke of day
With a who dare? Who dare! Who dare?
And a who dar a knocking at my door?
Am dat you Sam? Am dat you Sam?
You better stop dat knocking at the door (let me in)
Stop dat knocking (let me in)
Stop dat knocking (let me in)
Oh! You better stop that knocking at the door
(No, I'll never stop this knocking at the door, let me in)
Stop dat knocking (let me in)
Stop dat knocking (let me in)
Oh! You better stop that knocking at the door
(No, I'll never stop this knocking at the door)
Stop that knocking, stop that knocking
Stop that knocking, stop that knocking
Oh! You better stop that knocking at my door
(No, I'll never stop this knocking at the door, let me in)
Stop that knocking, stop that knocking
Stop that knocking, stop that knocking
Oh! You better stop that knocking at my door
(No, I'll never stop this knocking at the door)
She was the prettiest teller gal
That ever I did see
She never would go a walking
With any colored man but me
And when I took my banjo down
And played three tunes or more
All at once I heard three raps, pretty hard
Come bang against my door
The first one that I see com in the room
Was a darkey dressed to death
He looked just like the showman
What they used to call Macbeth
He said he was a africani known
A just arrived on shore
I ax him wherefore he cum a rap
So hard against the door
No way, you darkey
This is no place
To look for Suzy brown
She changed her name and always called
The beauty of his town
And the darkey turned pale with rage
Like the big gun he did run
I tell his to be still and stop
That knocking at the door
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