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My Wise Country Cousin On: How Negroz See Quest Stray Shun…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
09 Apr 2013
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by Raymond Nat Turner

The Country Cousin is wise to our folks’ ways.

 

My Wise Country Cousin On: How Negroz See Quest Stray Shun…

by Raymond Nat Turner

When de bagman brown,
Dey jes might clown;
When de bagman white—
Dey march all nite;
When de bagman black…
Dey turn dey back…

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved

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