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Susanna was written in 1846 by Stephen Foster, who wrote it about his sister. This is one of the most well received American folk songs to ever be written. This is a nursery rhyme that I do not remember ever listening to, it is just one that sounds very familiar whenever I hear it and I somehow know all of the words. Another version also said: mama's little darkies. What is racist about this song is that in the originals, instead of saying mama's little baby, it used to be: mama's little niggers. The lyrics of the chorus basically repeat: Mama's little baby loves Short'nin', short'nin, Mama's little baby loves Short'nin', short'nin, Mama's little baby loves Short'nin', short'nin, Mama's little baby loves Short'nin', short'nin The song was written by James Whitcomb Riley in 1900, and the folk song version was publish in 1915 by E.C. Shortnin' Bread is one of the more repetitious nursery rhymes.
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It is interesting to me how a song that is so often heard and associated with the feeling of happiness when you are a kid, because you know that whenever you hear it, it means the ice cream truck is coming, can have such a racist origin. The song was originally written in 1916 by Harry C.īrowne, and it was released my Columbia Records. The song was originally called, Nigger Love a Watermelon Ha! Just the name alone is obviously extremely racist and stereotyping. What is interesting about this song is that the lyrics and the song were something completely different from what it had been changed to. It is the song that your hear whenever the ice cream truck comes around the corner or sometimes at little kids birthday parties because of the catchy tune. Do Your Ears Hang Low is a song that I am kind of familiar with. The more common version of this song usually says the word Tiger instead of the N-word.
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This song is not usually thought of as racist because the lyrics have been changed to make it more 'child friendly.' The original lyrics said: Eenie, meenie, minie mo Catch an nigger by the toe If he hollers, let him go Eenie, meenie, minie mo. This is a little rhyme that somehow everybody knows without even being taught. It is usually a little song that little kids use to make decisions like who to play with in kickball or what they are going to wear. This little rhyme is one that children still use a lot today. But, I also think that our values as a country in whole, have not changed as much as they should, because it is still ok to sing these songs, even though I do not think it is ok. The shift in our community values as Americans is shown in the way that the racist parts of the songs have been changed, which I agree is the good and right thing to do. These nursery rhymes show to me how superior white people thought that they were over people like African Americans and Native Americans. I feel like these songs are just ways that are used to put down people of other races, even if the people singing them are not aware of it. I also chose to talk about this because I cannot understand how songs with such racist origins, are still socially acceptable to be singing. American Version Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Catch a tiger by the toe If he hollers let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Catch a baby by the toe If it squeals let it go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. The words go like this: 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,/Catch a nigger by the toe./If. Lyrics to the song have even been changed because of the racial connotation associated with a “black” sheep. This is the reason why Baa Baa Black Sheep is being black listed. They are songs that we still sing to our children and songs that pretty much everybody here in America is familiar with. The reason that I wanted to cover this topic for my project was because I thought that the nursery rhymes that I picked specifically to talk about, are ones that are still relevant in our society today.