Two Little Niggers Black as Tar

DESCRIPTION: "Two little niggers black as tar, Tryin' to git to heaven on a 'lectric car, De street car broke, down dey fell; 'Stead a going to heaven they went to hell." Chorus might be "Oughta been arrested." Many other verses may float in
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: death Hell floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 467, "Two Little Niggers Black as Tar" (2 very short texts)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 467, "Two Little Niggers Black as Tar" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Harbin-Parodology, #10, pp. 10-11, "Oughta Been Arrested" (1 text, part "Two Little Niggers Black as Tar," part "Talking Blues," part other things)
Roud #11788
File: Br4367

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