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Run, nigger, run; Go Preaching Through the Wilderness; Run nigger run; Run, nigger, run, buzzard'll get you,

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Scott, Ernest

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voice; banjos Collected by Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Linda Humphrey Sung by Ernest Scott Gorshen, Ark. summer 1961 Reel 407 Item 3 Run, Nigger, Run Run, nigger, run, buzzard'll get you, Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away. Nigger run, nigger, blue Nigger tore his shirt in two, Run, nigger, run, a buzzard'll get you, Run nigger, run, why you'd better get away. Some folks say a nigger won't steal But I caught three in my corn field, Run nigger, run, a buzzard'll catch you, Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away. One had a bushel and one had a peck, One had a corn cob tied around his neck, Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will catch you, Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away. Nigger run, nigger blue The nigger lost his good ole shoe, Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will catch you, Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away. Nigger run, nigger blue, What in the devil can a white man do, Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will get you, Run, nigger, run, why'd you'd better get away. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Parler, Mary CelestiaHumphrey, Linda
Created Date:
1961
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas