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NEGRO FOLK RHYMES |
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ON TOP OF THE POT
Wild goose gallop an' gander trot; Walk about, Mistiss, on top o' de pot!
Hog jowl bilin', an' tunnup greens hot, Walk about, Billie, on top o' de pot!
Chitlins, hog years, all on de spot, Walk about, ladies, on top o' de pot! |
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*STAND BACK, BLACK MAN
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Stan' back, black man, You cain't shine; Yo' lips is too thick, An' you hain't my kin'.
* In a few places in the South, just following the Civil War, the Mulattoes organized themselves into a little guild known as "The Blue Vein Circle," from which those who were black were excluded. This is one of their rhymes. |
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