Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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other night and promised myself I would sing it for you sometime. It's
_Old Granny Mistletoe_. "Old Granny Mistletoe, Lyin' in the bed, Out the window She poked her head. "She says, 'Old Man, The gray goose's gone, And I think I heard her holler, King-cant-you-O, King-cant-you-O!' "The old fox stepped around, A mighty fast step. He hung the old gray goose Up by the neck. "Her wings went flip-flop Over her back, And her legs hung down. Ding-downy-O, ding-downy-O. "The old fox marched On to his den. Out come his young ones, Some nine or ten. "Now we will have Some-supper-O, some-summer-O. |
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