"'Twill Nebber Do to Gib It Up So" - Dan Emmett

... as sung by the Virginia Minstrels. Music and Words by Old Dan D. Emmett. Boston: C.H. Keith [1843]. Score in A.

For piano and voice. On line in Johns Hopkins' JScholarship Library collection -- two pages in JEPG format

Source: Johns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection, Box 020, Item 180

[There are three JPEGs, but page 3 appears to be a duplicate of page 2.]

Also alphabetized as "Old Jim River" in Clark Kimberling's collection of Americana to 1865 (Collection 4). Transposed to C and D.

Sound clips: There's a 30-second sample on the album "Tooth and Nail" by the Camptown Shakers, a collection of Civil War and minstrel tunes.