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fox4zero | Songs on, or about slavery (120* d) | RE: ? Songs on, or about slavery? | 23 Sep 99 |
The only slave song that I know is Uncle Dave Macon's PATEROLLER [Patroller] SONG, also known as RUN NIGGER* RUN! Uncle Dave speaks an apologetic preface before he sings the song in the early 1920's original recording ...recently available on VETCO 105. I also remember a 1950's or 60's version sanitized to RUN JOHNNY RUN which had to do with illegal whiskey making. The original lyrics actually cheered the escaping slave on. *I hope that this is not too offensive |