ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
A Collection Of Negro Traditional & Folk Songs with Sheet Music Lyrics & Commentaries - online book
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A squirrel is a pretty thing, He carries a pretty tail; He eats all the farmer's corn And husks it on the rail. |
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Ole Master give me holiday, Ole Mistis give me more; To stick my head in a hollow log An' hit me sixty-four.
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Miss Cohen, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina, gives an old version in the gullah dialect, as sung by Negroes in her section. |
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BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN |
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ger go to chu'ch, An' you hear 5im laugh a mile.
W'ite folks go to chu'ch, An' he never crack a smile; An' nigger go to chu'ch, An' you hear Jim laugh a mile.
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Boil dem cabbage down, An' tu'n 'em roun' an' roun'. Stop dat foolin', little nigger gal, An' boil dem cabbage down!
Raccoon 'e am bushy-tail', An' possum }e am bare. Raccoon 'e am bushy-tail', But 'e ain't got none to spare* |
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