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Big White House; Once I had a big white house sixteen stories high

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Jones, Ercella

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voice Coll. by Linda Lee Jones Mrs. Ercella Jones For M.C. Parler Huntsville, Ark. Jan. 10, 1960 Reel 331, Item 6 Big White House Once I had a big white house sixteen stories high And every room within that house was lined with chicken pie Lined with chicken pie, lined with chicken pie, Every room within that house was lined with chicken pie. Massa had a yaller gal, she brought her from the south. The only objection I had to her she had too big a mouth. She had too big a mouth, she had too big a mouth, The only objection I had to her she had too big a mouth. I can wash the dishes, I can sweep the floors, I can kiss the pretty little boys behind our parlor door. Behind our parlor door, behind our parlor door, I can kiss the pretty little boys behind our parlor door. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Jones, Linda Lee
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1960 01 10
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. Food
  3. Foodstuffs
  4. Slaver
  5. Slavery
  6. Slavery, Food, South

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