Dis Time o' de Night

DESCRIPTION: The singer asks the "young gal" what she is doing out in the yard "dis time o' de night." The white (overseer) will lose his job. White men can't marry a black woman and their children are neither white nor black.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Elder-FolksongsFromTobago)
KEYWORDS: marriage sex warning childbirth nonballad bastard Black(s)
FOUND IN: West Indies(Tobago)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Elder-FolksongsFromTobago 32, "Dis Time o' de Night" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: ElTo032

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