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Uncle Ned; Old Uncle Ned; I once knew a darky, his name was Uncle Ned.

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Williams, Otis

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voice Collected by Billy Whitfield and Steve Butler For M. C. Parler Sung by Otis Williams Wesley, Arkansas December 27, 1959 Reel 327, Item 7 Uncle Ned I once knew a darky, his name was Uncle Ned. He died long ago, long ago. He had no hair on the top of his head, The place where the wool ought to grow. His fingers were long like the cane in the breaks. He had no eyes to see; He had no teeth to eat the hoecakes, So he had to let the hoecakes be. One cold frosty morning old Ned died. The tears down Massa's ran like rain; He know'd when he was lowered in the ground, He’d never see his like again. Lay down the shovel and the hoe; Hang up the fiddle and the bow, There's no more work for poor old Ned, He has gone where the good darkles go. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Whitfield, Billy; Butler, Steve
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1959 12 27
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. Death
  3. Old Age
  4. Slaver
  5. Slavery, Old Age, Death

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