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Rich Man Rides on a Pullman Car
From J. P. Jones, Durham, 1919. with recording as sung l)y Miss Eura
Mangum — heard by Mr. Jones "while walking on the railroad ... in
Durham County." and also as "sung by Negroes working on the roads
of Durham." Published in White ANFS 316-21 (without music). Cf.
•White Folks in de Parlor' and 'White Gal, Yaller Gal, Black Gal,'
above.
Rich man rides on a pullman car.
Poor man takes de plain.
But de ole nigger rides on de coal car.
But he gets there just the same.