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Milly Biggers

A striking variant of "Jenny Jenkins."
Published in Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas W.Talley, 1922 - a spectacular collection.
Recorded with Katherine Davis on Bound to Go.

Oh will you wear red Milly Biggers?
I won't wear red, it's too much like Missus' head
I'll wear me a cotton dress, dyed with copperse and oak bark

Oh will you wear blue Millly Biggers?
I won't wear blue, it's too much like Missus' shoe
I'll wear me a cotton dress, dyed with copperse and oak bark

Oh will you wear grey, Milly Biggers?
I won't wear grey, it's too much like Missus' way
I'll wear me a cotton dress, dyed with copperse and oak bark

Oh will you wear white, Milly Biggers
I won't wear white, I'd get dirty long 'fore night
I'll wear me a cotton dress, dyed with copperse and oak bark

Oh will you wear black, Milly Biggers?
I might wear black, 'cause it's the color of my back
And it looks like my cotton dress, dyed with copperse and oak bark


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