Thanks, Masato:

My Mother sang the song with such understanding and compassion for the little boy, that that's all I heard. She didn't sing it with an exagerated black dialect, but she used some of the gramatical structure.

Recently, I finally forked out the money for a copy of Song Of The South, which I loved as a kid. I can see how it is viewed as racist by some, now. But, what a loss of the richness of the Brer' Rabbit Stories!

Sometimes, the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater.

Jerry