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Pick a Bale of Cotton

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Shoo Fly

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Jim Along Josie

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Walk Along John

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Ten Little Monkeys

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Run Children Run

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Ging Gang Goolie

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Dinah

This song has roots in oppression. “Dinah” is a caricature of the African American “Mammy.” “ ..these caricatures were used to defend and romanticize slavery, and the characters were never shown as particularly smart or able to function well outside their role as domestic servants, ...

Cotton Eyed Joe

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Ching-a-Ring Chaw

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