“Tout Pitit Negresse”

Description

Creole French: "Tout pitit Negresse en bas bayou, A-pe laver chimise ye' mama! A, alla, mamselle, les blanchiseuses! (x2)" A very small black woman washes shirts on the bayou; a boy washes underclothes

References

  1. Scarborough-NegroFS, pp. 212-213, "Tout Pitit Negresse" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. BI, ScaNF212

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1925 (Scarborough)
Keywords: worker
Found in: US(So)