Negro Song (Doodle Bug on a String)

DESCRIPTION: "Let's sing, What you gonna do.... Tie around a string. Sing, sing, what you gon'er sing? Doodle bug, doodle bug, tied on a string"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: bug nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 672, "Negro Song" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
NOTES [29 words]: There obviously isn't enough text here to identify the song, but in case anyone is trying to trace it, it's not the same as the Georgia Yellow Hammers "Doodlebug Song." - RBW
Last updated in version 4.1
File: BrS5672

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