When I was young, I used to wait At master's side and hand his plate And pass the bottle when he got dry And brush away the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care 'Cause master's gone away And when he rode in the afternoon I'd follow with a hickory broom The pony being very shy When bitten by blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care 'Cause master's gone away The pony ran, and jumped, and pitched And tumble master in a ditch He died and the jury wondered why The verdict was the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care 'Cause master's gone away