Peanut-Pickin' Song

DESCRIPTION: "You kin do jes'-a' what you please, I's gwine to pick off-a Massa's peas (x2), An' den I's gwine home." "I kin fill dis basket if I choose, Nen I's gwine home." Master gives him shoes and clothes. The singer hopes to catch a possum.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Curtis-Burlin-NegroFolkSongs-TheHamptonSeries)
KEYWORDS: work food clothes
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Curtis-Burlin-NegroFolkSongs-TheHamptonSeries (IV), pp. 127-139, "Peanut-Pickin' Song" (1 text with variants, 1 tune with variants)
Roud #17445
File: CuBu127

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