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Thread #91646 Message #1744534
Posted By: Azizi
20-May-06 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about Big Feet
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about Big Feet
Many of the verses that I found refer to feet "covering up the whole sidewalk" or "feet making a hole in the ground".
Here's two examples from Dorothy Scarborough "On The Trails Of Negro Folk Songs" {Folklore Associates Edition, 1963; originally published by Harvard University Press, 1925}
OL VIRGINNY NEVER TIRE {excerpt} There is a gal in our town, She wears a yallow striped gown. And when she walks the streets aroun' The hollow of her foot makes a hole in the groun'. {p. 109}
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GREAT BIG N----R SITTIN' ON A LOG {excerpt} My gal , she's a big town talk, Her foot vovers de whole sidewalk, Her eyes like two big balls o' chalk, Her nose is lak a long cornnstalk. Sister Mary, you shall be free, In de mawnin; you shall be free. Po' mourner, you shall be free, When de good Lawd set you free. {p. 176}