Collected by Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Linda Humphrey
Sung by Ernest Scott Gorshen, Ark.
summer 1961
Reel 407 Item 3
Run, Nigger, Run
Run, nigger, run, buzzard'll get you,
Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away.
Nigger run, nigger, blue Nigger tore his shirt in two,
Run, nigger, run, a buzzard'll get you,
Run nigger, run, why you'd better get away.
Some folks say a nigger won't steal But I caught three in my corn field,
Run nigger, run, a buzzard'll catch you,
Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away.
One had a bushel and one had a peck,
One had a corn cob tied around his neck,
Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will catch you,
Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away.
Nigger run, nigger blue
The nigger lost his good ole shoe,
Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will catch you,
Run, nigger, run, why you'd better get away.
Nigger run, nigger blue,
What in the devil can a white man do,
Run, nigger, run, a buzzard will get you,
Run, nigger, run, why'd you'd better get away.
