I went to Atlanta,
Never been there befo'
White folks eat de apple,
Nigger wait fo co'
refrain :
Catch dot Suth'n
Grab dot train,
Won't come back no' mo'
I went to Charleston,
Never been dere a-fo'
White folks sleep on feather bed,
Nigger on de flo'
I went to Raleigh,
Never been dere a-fo'
White folks wear de fancy suit,
Nigger over-o'
Never been there befo'
White folks eat de apple,
Nigger wait fo co'
refrain :
Catch dot Suth'n
Grab dot train,
Won't come back no' mo'
I went to Charleston,
Never been dere a-fo'
White folks sleep on feather bed,
Nigger on de flo'
I went to Raleigh,
Never been dere a-fo'
White folks wear de fancy suit,
Nigger over-o'
Contributed by Pluck - 2024/4/17 - 23:33
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Philadelphia - University of Pennsylvania Press - 1953 - p.106
—Library of Congress, Archive of American Folk Song, unpublished collection.