Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

Summary

Portrait of Stephen Foster Stephen Foster,  Old Uncle Ned (1848)

“ There was an old Nigger, his name was Uncle Ned,
He's dead long ago, long ago'
He had no wool on de top ob his head,
De place whar de wool ought to grow,
Den lay down de shubble and de hoe,
Hang up de fiddle and de bow;
Refrain:
No more hard work for poor Old Ned,
He is gone whar de good niggers go.
”
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