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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SONGS ABOUT ANIMALS
Ole Mister Rabbit, Your hair look brown, You 'se gwine so fas' You'se hittin' de groun\ Um-hum—um-hum.
Another variant is only slightly different: |
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OLE MISTER RABBIT |
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Ole Mister Rabbit, You Ve got a mighty habit, Of jumpin' in the garden, And eatin' up the cabbage.
This fragment, given by Miss Emilie Walter, of Charleston, South Carolina, is in the gullah dialect: |
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BRA' RABBIT— (OYSCHA') |
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"Bra' Rabbit, wa' yere da do dere?" "I da pickin' oyscha' fa* young gal. Da oyscha' bite mah finger, Da young gal tek dat fa* laugh at." |
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