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GUEST,Kegan Lyr Req: Give That Nigger Ham (Parker/Woolbright) (23) Lyr Req: Parker/Woolbright: Give That Nigger Ham 07 Aug 10


The song's by Charlie Parker and [George] Mack (or Mark) Woolbright, who also sang "Will The Weaver." It was probably recorded about 1928, the same year they recorded "The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man," which was later covered by Charlie Poole's boys, whom the duo sang with.

Parker and Woolbright also sang "Ticklish Reuben" (Oh, my name is Ticklish Reuben, and I come from old Vermont...) and "Rabbit Chase," later covered by The New Lost City Ramblers (Papa's gonna catch a rabbit, ma, papa's gonna catch a rabbit, ma...).


As for "Give That Nigger Ham," it's a banjo-driven tune, which includes jokes and bantering between two black men, and a refrain of:

Give that nigger ham,
Give that nigger ham!
Good when fried, good and sweet;
Give that nigger ham meat!

Any help with the lyrics is appreciated greatly.

Kegan

[Biographic info taken from this post from an apparent relative of Mr. Woolbright's.]


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