“My Little Yaller Coon”
Description
"My little yaller coon Done got back here so soon, Dat I ain't yet got De big fat coon For de 'tater an' de pone, To eat in de light of de moon."
Notes
Scarborough considers this a song about eating raccoons. Given the coon's diet, I rather doubt it was ever considered a delicacy; I wonder if there isn't something else going on here. - RBW
References
- Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 179, (no title) (1fragment)
- BI, ScaNF179