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''' | |f_annotation='''N.....<ref>Some of items in the Traditional Tune Archive may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the administrators of this site.</ref> SICK.''' AKA and see "[[Niggery Sick]]," "[[Neeky Seeky]]." American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Collector Samuel Bayard heard these rhymes with the tune in southwestern Pennsylvania: | ||
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'' | ''N..... sick and nigger dead,''<Br> | ||
'' | ''N..... had a wooly head;''<br> | ||
'' | ''N..... sick and nigger dead,''<br> | ||
''Devil take his curly head.'' .... (Bayard-H. White)<br> | ''Devil take his curly head.'' .... (Bayard-H. White)<br> | ||
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'' | ''N..... sick and nigger die;''<br> | ||
'' | ''N..... eat a chicken pie.'' .... (Strosnider)<br> | ||
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Fisk University African-American collector Thomas Talley printed the closely related rhyme in his '''Negro Folk Rhymes | Fisk University African-American collector Thomas Talley printed the closely related (and just as racist) rhyme in his '''Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise''' (1922, p. 13): | ||
Wise and Otherwise''' (1922, p. 13): | |||
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'' | ''N.....! N..... never die! ''<br> | ||
''He gits choked on Chicken pie. ''<br> | ''He gits choked on Chicken pie. ''<br> | ||
''Black face, white shiny eye. | ''Black face, white shiny eye. N.....! N.....!''<br> | ||
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'' | ''N.....! N..... never knows! ''<br> | ||
''Mashed nose, an' crooked toes;''<br> | ''Mashed nose, an' crooked toes;''<br> | ||
''Dat's de way de Nigger goes. | ''Dat's de way de Nigger goes. N.....! N.....!''<br> | ||
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'' | ''N.....! N..... always sing; ''<br> | ||
''Jump up, cut de Pidgeon's wing;''<br> | ''Jump up, cut de Pidgeon's wing;''<br> | ||
''Whirl, an' give his feet a fling. | ''Whirl, an' give his feet a fling. N.....! N.....!''<br> | ||
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|f_source_for_notated_version=George Strosnider (elderly fidder from Greene County, Pa., 1930's), John Tustin (Greene County, Pa., 1944), Hiram White (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife'''), 1981; No. 296A-C, pp. 251-252. | |||
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N.....[1] SICK. AKA and see "Niggery Sick," "Neeky Seeky." American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Collector Samuel Bayard heard these rhymes with the tune in southwestern Pennsylvania:
N..... sick and nigger dead,
N..... had a wooly head;
N..... sick and nigger dead,
Devil take his curly head. .... (Bayard-H. White)
N..... sick and nigger die;
N..... eat a chicken pie. .... (Strosnider)
Fisk University African-American collector Thomas Talley printed the closely related (and just as racist) rhyme in his Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise (1922, p. 13):
N.....! N..... never die!
He gits choked on Chicken pie.
Black face, white shiny eye. N.....! N.....!
N.....! N..... never knows!
Mashed nose, an' crooked toes;
Dat's de way de Nigger goes. N.....! N.....!
N.....! N..... always sing;
Jump up, cut de Pidgeon's wing;
Whirl, an' give his feet a fling. N.....! N.....!
- ↑ Some of items in the Traditional Tune Archive may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the administrators of this site.