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" Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder word." Then he began singing, and the men, after listening a moment, joined in the chorus as if it were an old acquaintance, though they evidently had never heard it before. I saw how easily a new... "
Slave Songs of the United States - Page xvii
by William Francis Allen - 1867 - 115 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 19

1867 - 772 pages
...nigger-driver ! ' Den anudder said, ' Fust ting my mammy tole me was, notin' so bad as nigger-driver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder...saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them. XXXVI. THE DRIVER. " O, de ole nigger-driver I O, gwine away I Fust ting my mammy tell me, O, gwine...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 19

American essays - 1867 - 782 pages
...bad as nigger-driver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder word." Then he begr.n singing, and the men, after listening a moment, joined...saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them. Negro Spirituals. 693 XXXVI. THE DRIVER. " O, de ole nigger-driver ! O, gwine away ! Fust ting my mammy...
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Army Life in a Black Regiment

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - African-American soldiers - 1870 - 342 pages
...nigger-driver ! ' Den anudder said, ' Fust ting my mammy tole me was, notin' so bad as niggerdriver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder...it were an old acquaintance, though they evidently hadjiever heard it before. I saw how easily a new " sing " took root among them. XXXVI. THE DE1VER....
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Army Life in a Black Regiment

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1882 - 310 pages
...tole me was, notin' so bad as niggerdriver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den au udder word." Then he began singing, and the men, after listening...saw how easily a new " sing " took root among them. XXXVI. THE DRIVER. " 0, de ole nigger-driver ! 0, gwine away ! Fust ting my mammy tell me, 0, gwine...
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A Study of English Rhyme

Charles Francis Richardson - English language - 1909 - 236 pages
...as niggerdriver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder word." Thus, one began the singing, and the men, after listening a moment, joined...acquaintance, though they evidently had never heard it before, — with the following result: "Oh, de ole nigger-driverI Oh, gwine away I Fust ting my mammy tell...
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Afro-American Folksongs: A Study in Racial and National Music

Henry Edward Krehbiel - African American dance - 1914 - 198 pages
...nigger driver!" Den anudder said, 'Fust t'ing my mammy tole me was not'in' so bad as a nigger driver.* Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word and den anudder...saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them. "O, de ole nigger driver! O, gwine away! Fust t'ing my mammy tell me. O, gwine away! Tell me 'bout...
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Interpreting Popular Music

Associate Professor of Music David Brackett, David Brackett - Music - 1995 - 288 pages
...sperituals," he said, "are start jess out o' curiosity. I been a-raise a sing, myself, once . . ." Then he began singing, and the men, after listening...before. I saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them.13 What comes through even in this report, which is apparently sympathetic, is the by now familiar...
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A Son's Return: Selected Essays of Sterling A. Brown

Sterling A. Brown - Fiction - 1996 - 340 pages
...just puttin' a word, and den anudder word. When this poet started singing, however, the other oarsmen, after listening a moment joined in the chorus "as...though they evidently had never heard it before." James Weldon Johnson, who called the makers of spirituals "black and unknown bards of long ago," believed...
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The Story of the Blues

Paul Oliver - History - 1998 - 292 pages
...a-raise a sing myself, once."' Pressed by Higginson 'he began singing, and the men, after listening for a moment, joined in the chorus, as if it were an old...saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them. O, de ole nigger-driver! O, gwine away! Fust ting my mammy tell me, O, gwine away! Tell me 'bout de...
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A Documentary History of Slavery in North America

Willie Lee Nichols Rose - History - 1999 - 558 pages
...nigger-driver!' Den anudder said, 'Fust ting my mammy tole me was, notin' so bad as nigger-driver.' Den I made a sing, just puttin' a word, and den anudder...saw how easily a new "sing" took root among them. XXXVI. THE DRIVER. "O, de ole nigger-driver! O, gwine away! Fust ting my mammy tell me, O, gwine away!...
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