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Our Singing Country
spirited and gay tunes. The Negro sings, even under the hard regime of penitentiary life. In fact some of the most notable of his folk songs seem to have grown there.
"If you don* sing, you sho} git worried"
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Fs worked all summer arU Fs worked all fall, Den I hatter to take Christmas in my overalls.
TAKE THIS HAMMER
a to b). No. 726. Clifton Wright and gang, Richmond, Va., 1936. Other stanzas from Ga., Ala., N.C., and Fla. See Od.2, pp. 105, 112, 1203 L0.2, p. 84, p. 91$ Whi, p. 2595 Hu, p. 327.
I / went to the captain with my hat in my hand,— <(Woncha f lease have mercy on a long-time man?" "Cain* fick no cotton, cain* full no com, Ainy got no business on this man}s farm"