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EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MOE
CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM PAY
FIFTY-DOLLARS, EVERY DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS RATHER HESITANT AND EMBARRASSED TO GIVE THIS
RHYME AS FOLKLORE, BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE DERISIVE TERM C0 "NIGGER." SHE EXPLAINED, THOUGH, THAT AS CHILDREN, THEY DID NOT
REALIZE THAT THIS RHYME WAS RACIST IN NATURE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BALDWIN COUNTY ; FOLEY
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