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Uncle Ned; Old Uncle Ned; There was an old nigger, his name was Uncle Ned,

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Riggins, Ollie

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voice Collected by Dana Durst and Ellen Eagleson For Mary C. Parler Mrs. Ollie Rigglms Fayetteville, Ark. April, 1964 REEL 440 Item 3 Uncle Ned There was an old nigger, his name was Uncle Ned, He ought to been dead long ago, He had no hair on top of his head, A place where the wool ought to grow. Lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up de fiddle an' de bow, No more hard work for poor Uncle Ned, He's gone where the good niggers go. His fingers like cane and brick, He had no eyes for to see, He had no teeth to eat a hoe cake, And had to let a hoe cake be. Lay down the shovel and the hoe, Hang up de fiddle an' de bow, No more hard work for poor Uncle Ned, He's gone where the good niggers go. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Durst, Dana; Eagleson, Ellen
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1964 04
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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