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Thread #103135   Message #2707323
Posted By: Azizi
24-Aug-09 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Fraternity & Sorority Chants and Songs
Subject: RE: Fraternity & Sorority Chants and Songs
Just for the record, I see there are a lot of versions of "Old Mother Hubbard...he gave her a bone of her own" posted on thread.cfm?threadid=41824#605081 "Nasty Nursery Rhymes" thread.

And I didn't mean to imply that the Black Greek lettered fraternity that uses this rhyme was frontin like they had made it up. Using verses and a line here or there from schoolyard rhymes, spirituals, R&B songs, Pop songs, and other compositions is "standard operating procedure" when it comes to folk music. And I consider fraternity & sorority chants as a genre of folk music.