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PHILIPPINE ISLAND RHYME

PASTIME RHYME SECTION

ONE TUNE USED WITH "BAA! BAA! BLACK SHEEP!"

ONE NEGRO TUNE USED WITH "AN OPOSSUM HUNT"

ONE NEGRO THEME SUNG WITH "FROG WENT A-COURTING"

NURSERY RHYME SECTION

MARRIED LIFE RHYME SECTION

LOVE SONG RHYME SECTION

LOVE RHYME SECTION

JAMAICA RHYME

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Young Master And Old Master

Wild Hog Hunt

When I Was A Little Boy

What Will We Do For Bacon?

Two Sick Negro Boys

Tree Frogs Guinea Or Ebo Rhyme

Too Much Watermelon

The Town And The Country Bird

The Snail's Reply

The Origin Of The Snake

The Last Of Jack

The Hated Blackbird And Crow

The Great Owl's Song

The End Of Ten Little Negroes

The Alabama Way

Taking A Walk

Strong Hands

Stick-a-ma-stew

Stealing A Ride

Sam Is A Clever Fellow

Redhead Woodpecker

Raw Head And Bloody Bones[40]

Pretty Little Girl

Pig Tail

Paying Debts With Kicks

Old Aunt Kate

Nesting

Negro Baker Man

Mysterious Face Washing

My Speckled Hen

My Little Pig

My Folks And Your Folks

My Dog Cuff

My Baby

Mud-log Pond

Mother Says I Am Six Years Old

Miss Terrapin And Miss Toad

Mamma's Darling

Little Sleeping Negroes

Little Dogs

Little Boy Who Couldn't Count Seven

In A Rush

In A Mulberry Tree

In '76

Here I Stand

Hawk And Chickens

Guinea Gall

Grasshopper Sitting On A Sweet Potato Vine

Grasshopper Sense

Good-by Wife!

Good-by Ring

Go To Bed

Getting Ten Negro Boys Together

From Slavery

Frog In A Mill [38]guinea Or Ebo Rhyme

Fishing Simon

Doodle-bug

Don't Sing Before Breakfast[43]

Deedle Dumpling

Cooking Dinner

Chuck Will's Widow Song

Children's Seating Rhyme

Captain Coon

Butterfly

Buck-eyed Rabbit! Whoopee![41]

Buck And Berry

Bridle Up A Rat

Bob-white's Song

Baby Wants Cherries

Awful Harbingers[36]

Aspiration

Animal Fair

Animal Attire

A Strange Old Woman

A Strange Family

A Strange Brood

A Race-starter's Rhyme

A Pretty Pair Of Chickens

A Little Pickaninny

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