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Thread #122300   Message #2686031
Posted By: Jim Dixon
23-Jul-09 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Who Likes Gravy on Their Taters?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Likes Gravy on Their Taters?
Google Books indicates that this quote:

"Who likes gravy on dar taters, Repeat.
Say dem greasy words ober agin.
Ole Guinea nigger glutton,
Eat a whole leg ob mutton,
Eye shine like pewter button,...,"

can be found in Christy's and White's Ethiopian Melodies, by George N Christy and Charles White (Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1854), page 40. This book can be found in several university libraries. This is a book of some 200 songs.

Unfortunately, I can't find images online.