“Sweet Mama”

Description

"Sweet mama, treetop tall, Won't you please turn your damper down? I smell hoecake burning, Dey done burnt some brown. I'm laid mah head On de railroad track. I t'ought about Mama An' I drugged it back. Sweet mama, treetop tall, Won't...."

References

  1. Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 242, "Sweet Mama" (1 short text)
  2. BI, ScNF242b

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1925 (Scarborough)
Keywords: food love suicide
Found in: US