Final Answer: Times change and so should songs. Listen to the field recording version of "Traveling Man" by Phineas Rockmore recorded by John Lomax. It's full of references to the traveling man being a "coon." Then listen to later versions by Pink Anderson (himself an old Black man when he recorded the song in 1960), Paul Geremia, Roy Bookbinder, Doc Watson, David Bromberg, etc. The coon references are gone, a great song remains.