Jeff Davis is coming oh dear, oh dear
 Jeff Davis is coming oh dear
 I dare not stir out for I feel very queer
 Jeff Davis is coming oh dear, oh dear
 I faint I'd go home without shedding a tear
 About Davis taking the president's chair
 But I dare not attempt it oh dear, oh dear!
 I'm afraid he will hang me oh dear, oh dear!
 I tried to deceive them oh dear, oh dear
 How hard I did strive oh dear
 But it was of no use as it seems very clear
 Now that Davis is coming oh dear, oh dear!
 Then I tried to coerce them oh dear, oh dear
 With thousands of troops far and near
 But they join me for bread not for Union I fear
 And they hate me the worse oh dear, oh dear!
 Then I tried to blockade them oh dear, oh dear
 With a fleet true and steady oh dear
 But England says no and is coming 'tis clear
 But it is not effective oh dear, oh dear
 I would renounce honours oh dear, oh dear
 And try to get home as I came
 But I dare not stir out for I feel very queer
 For Davis is coming oh dear, oh dear