Norfolk Jubilee Quartet — Raise R-U-K-U-S Tonight

[Chorus] Come along little children, come along While the moon is shining bright Get on board, come to the river shore We're gonna raise rukus tonight [Verse 1] My old mistress promised me Raise rukus tonight When she died she’d set me free Raise rukus tonight She lived so long that her head got bald Raise rukus tonight She got out the notion of dying at all Raise rukus tonight [Chorus] Come along little children, come along While the moon is shining bright Get on board, come to the river shore We're gonna raise rukus tonight [Verse 2] Way down yonder where [?] meet Raise rukus tonight Folks down there grow seven feet Raise rukus tonight Everybody's gone to bed as I go to Raise rukus tonight Down at the [?], all day too Raise rukus tonight [Chorus] Come along little children, come along While the moon is shining bright Get on board, come to the river shore We’re gonna raise rukus tonight [Verse 3] Old Aunt Dinah dressed in white Raise rukus tonight She tried to go to heaven on the tail of a kite Raise rukus tonight The kite tail broke and Dinah fell Raise rukus tonight Instead of going to heaven, Lord, she went [?] Raise rukus tonight [Chorus] Come along little children, come along While the moon is shining bright Get on board, come to the river shore We're gonna raise rukus Diddy-dum-dum, diddy-dum-dum Dee-dum-da-diddy-dum, diddy-dum-ya