Father Goose, His Book

Little Nigger Boy

There was a little nigger boy
Hadn`t any shoes;
He heard his mammy shoo the hens
And saved the shoos to use.

There was a little nigger boy
Hadn`t any hat;
He wore instead a cabbage leaf,
It was so big and flat.

There was a little nigger boy
Hadn`t any collar;
And when the copper collared him
Nigger boy did holler.

There was a little nigger boy
Hadn`t any hose;
He bought a pear, but couldn`t wear
It as you may suppose.

There was a little nigger boy
Hadn`t any coat;
So he tried to borrow one
From a nanny goat.

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