Run, Nigger, Run
anonimo
Originale | La Versione dal film 12 anni schiavo, che poi รจ quella razzista ... |
RUN, NIGGER, RUN The day is done, night comes down Ye are long ways from home-- Oh, run, nigger, run, patter-roller git you. Yaller gal look and trine keep you overtime, De bell done rung, overseer hallowing loud-- Oh, rull, nigger, run. Do, please, marster, don't ketch me, Ketch dat nigger behin' dat tree; He stole money en I stole none, Put him in the calaboose des for fun! Chorus: Run, nigger, run, de patter-roller ketch you. Run, nigger, run! it's almos' day. De nigger run, de nigger flew, De nigger los' his Sunday shoe. Run, nigger, run, de patter-roller ketch you. Run, nigger, run! it's almos' day. [and/or] Chorus: Oh, run, nigger, run! de patter-roller ketch you. Run, nigger, run! it's almos' day. Oh, run, nigger, run! de patter-roller ketch you. Run, nigger, run! it's almos' day. Some folks say dat a nigger won't steal, But I kotch one in my corn-fiel'; He run ter de eas', he run ter de wes', He run he head in a hornet nes'! De sun am set, dis nigger am free; De yaller gals he goes to see; I heard a man cry, "Run, doggone you," Run, nigger, run, patter-roller ketch you. Wid eyes wide open and head hangin' down, Like de rabbit before de houn', Dis nigger streak it for de pasture; Nigger run fast, white man run faster. And ober de fence as slick as a eel Dis nigger jumped all but his heel; De white man ketch dat fast, you see, And tied it tight aroun' de tree. Dis nigger heard dat old whip crack, But nebber stopped fur to look back; I started home as straight as a bee And left my heel tied aroun' de tree. My ol' Miss, she prommus me Dat when she die, she set me free; But she done dead dis many year ago, En yer I'm hoein' de same ol' row! I'm a-hoein' across, I'm a-hoein' aroun' I'm a-cleanin' up some mo' new groun'. Whar I lif' so hard, I lif' so free, Dat my sins rise up in front er me! But some er dese days my time will come, I'll year dat bugle, I'll year dat drum, I'll see dem armies a-marchin' along, I'll lif' my head en jine der song-- I'II dine no mo' behin' dat tree, W'en de angels flock fer to wait on me! [I run down to de ribber, but I couldn't get across, I jumped 'pon a hog and thought he was a hoss! As I was goin' through the fiel' A black snake bit me 'pon my heel, Dat serpent he did 'ceive a shock, For de nigger's heel's as hard as a rock. As I was passin' Wright's old mill, My team got balked at de foot o' de hill. I hollered to de driver, "Dat won't do; I must shove an' so mus' you."] | RUN, NIGGER, RUN Oh, run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Nigger ran, nigger flew Nigger tore his shirt in two Run, run, the patty roller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Nigger ran, ran so fast Stoved his head in a hornets nest Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Nigger ran through the field Black slick coal and barley heel Run, nigger, run, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Some folks say a nigger won't steal I caught three in my corn field One has a bushel And one has a peck One had a rope and it was hung around his neck Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Oh, nigger ran and nigger flew Why in the devil can't a white man chew Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Hey, Mr. Patty roller, don't catch me Catch that nigger behind that tree Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Nigger ran, ran so fast Stoved his head in a hornets nest Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away Nigger ran, ran so fast Nigger, he got away at last Run, nigger, run, well, the pattyroller will get you Run, nigger, run, well, you better get away |