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Thread #81179   Message #1485867
Posted By: GUEST,Allen
16-May-05 - 04:23 AM
Thread Name: African American Secular Folk Songs
Subject: RE: African American Secular Folk Songs
I think another reason it may be hard to assign an origin to some of these is because the way of life for most people was not very differed, and the songs reflect this.

Anyway, for what it's worth, here are songs listed as Negro in the Burl Ives Song Book:

Careless Love
Kemo-Kimi
Lubly Fan
The Grey Goose
Poor Boy