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Thread #48893   Message #760043
Posted By: masato sakurai
05-Aug-02 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Limber Jim
Subject: Lyr Add: NIGGER AND THE WHITE MAN
The fiddle tune & lyrics are transcribed by Marion Thede.

NIGGER AND THE WHITE MAN (or "Seven Up")
(From Rance Willhite, Jefferson County)

Nigger an' the white man
Playin' Seven Up
Nigger won the money an'
Afraid to pick it up.

SOURCE: Marion Thede, The Fiddle Book (Oak, 1970, p. 68; one verse only; with music)

~Masato