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...replies, 'I ain't stud'in' 'bout car'in' you to no dance. Heah you is doin' ugly all de time wid dat sloo-footed nigger from over on Triumph and won't give nobody else none, den you comes axin' me to care you to de dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Delta in Detail | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

First produced in 1624 before James of England, Flether's comedy was suppressed with all other English drama by the Puritan regime and returned to reach its height of popularity during the Resteration. In the 18th century in was frequently revived by Garrick and maintained its wid appeal until the last time it was performed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idler Comedy Revival Opens 'Cliffe Season | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...John the Orangeman," with his donkey cart, was another well-known figure of bygone years. It was he who translated the University's "Veritas" as "ter Hell wid Yale." Colonel Charles R. Apted, chief of the Yard police, was the victim of many a student prank, but was noted for his ability in saving as well as seizing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 310 Year Old University Boasts Many Traditions | 2/1/1946 | See Source »

...either religious or "sinful" songs, but seldom both. To find the "sinful made-up" songs they had to go where there were plenty of sinful Negroes-the State penitentiaries. On a Mississippi prison farm Convict Joe Baker (alias Seldom Seen) told them: "I never had been in no trouble wid de law . . . but one fellow kept messin' up my homely affairs, so I blowed him down." Then he sang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Miserable but Exciting Songs | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

Heah I is, bowed down wid shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Miserable but Exciting Songs | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

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