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Don’ you weep, mah honey: A pseudo Negro lullaby with the following refrain; Pseudo Negro lullaby with the following refrain; Don' you cry, ma honey

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Flowers, Robert E. Lee

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voice Collected by M.C. Parler Sung by R.E.L. Flowers Quitman, Ark. Sept. 5, 1953 Reel 152 Item 4 A pseudo Negro lullaby with the following refrain: Don' you cry, ma honey Don' you weep no mo' Mammy guine to hol' her baby All de udder black trash Sleepin' on de f l o ' Mammy only love her boy. This song is not worth the trouble of transcribing. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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1953 09 05
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. Infants
  3. Lullaby

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