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There was an old darkey
And his name was Uncle Ned,
And he died long ago, long ago.
There was no wool on the top of his head,
In the place where the wool ought to grow.

His fingers were as long,
As the cane in the brake,
His eyes they could hardly see,
And he had no teeth for to eat the hoe-cake,
So he had to let the hoe-cake be.

So hang up the shovel and the hoe,
Lay down the fiddle and the bow,
There's no more work for old Uncle Ned,
For he's gone where the good darkeys go."

Darkeys? Really? Now, I realize that this book was written in 1932, but I let out an "OH MY!" and then had to pretend that something didn't totally squick me out because my daughter is totally one to pick up on something that she shouldn't say and say it as much as humanly possible and the last thing I need is her going around using "darkey" because WOW.]]>