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Thread #29237 Message #2037697
Posted By: GUEST,Retus
27-Apr-07 - 11:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Run, Nigger, Run
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run, Nigger, Run
This is the first and correct lyrics, whether you like them or not.
^^
RUN, NIGGER, RUN
from Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
Run Nigger Run recorded in 1927 Atlanta, Georgia
Irish slave patrols (called patrollers, pattyrollers or paddyrollers by the slaves) were organized groups of three to six white men who enforced discipline upon black slaves during the antebellum U.S. southern states.
Oh run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Nigger run nigger flew
Nigger tore his shirt in two
Run run the patty roller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Nigger run, run so fast
Stoved his head in a hornets nest
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Nigger run through the field
Black slick coal and barley heel
Run nigger run the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Some folks say a nigger won't steal
I caught three in my corn field
One has a bushel
And one has a peck
One had a rope and it was hung around his neck
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Oh nigger run and nigger flew
Why in the devil can't a white man chew
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Hey Mr. Patty roller don't catch me
Catch that nigger behind that tree
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Nigger run, run so fast
Stoved his head in a hornets nest
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away
Nigger run, run so fast
Nigger, he got away at last
Run nigger run well the pattyroller will get you
Run nigger run well you better get away