ADD: LEARN TO COUNT {NAUGHT'S A NAUGHT}

Thomas W, Talley: "Negro Folk Rhymes", {Kennikat Press edition;p. 207}


Probably the most widely known example of the word "N----" being used in an African American secular folk rhyme is this one that also provides a perspective of African Americans view of the unfairness of life:

LEARN TO COUNT

Naught's a naught,
Five's a figger.
All fer de white man,
None for the N-----.

Ten's a ten,
But it's mighty funny;
When you cain't count good,
You hain't got no money.