Augustus Jackson

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Oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh

C
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ice-cream
F
Old Augustus Jackson's got an ice-cream machine
   G
He puts in a little flavour and sugar and ice
        F
Then he mixes it with salt and cream
                C
It taste real nice___
     G     C
Oooh-oooh

C
Augustus Jackson was a free black man
  F
A chef at the White House for the Madisons
   C
He came to Philadelphia when they set him free
   G
He started making ice-cream on Goodwater Street
        F
And the people all came
                C
Calling out his flavours by name
     G
Oooh-oooh

C
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ice-cream
F
Old Augustus Jackson's got an ice-cream machine
   G
He puts in a little flavour and sugar and ice
        F
Then he mixes it with salt and cream
                          C
And makes it taste mighty nice___
     G     C
Oooh-oooh

C
Augustus Jackson invented a way
   F
To make ice-cream last for days and days
   C
He built an empire up from the ground
   G
By shipping ice-cream in tins all over town
   F
No matter what flavour you are
        C
You can fill up a spoon at Jackson's ice-cream bar
      F      C          G         C
Oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh

C
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ice-cream
F
Old Augustus Jackson's got an ice-cream machine
   G
He puts in a little flavour and sugar and ice
        F
Then he mixes it with salt and cream
                C
It taste real nice___
     G          C
Oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh

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