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Way down south in de cotton and de corn, I just growed, I never was born; My old mas'r used to say, Dat I warn't no good, only gets in de way. But I can dance, I can sing, I can whoop and I can holler When I gets a silver dollar; I can hear, I can see, But I never see'd de day dat I was born. [This song is excerpted from a 4-minute recording of a scene from a dramatization of Uncle Tom's Cabin. You can hear the entire selection at THIS PAGE.] |
 RECORDING: Edison Cylinder 572 Uncle Tom's Cabin: Entrance of Topsy Performed by Len Spencer and Co. Recorded November, 1910. DIGITIZED & REFURBISHED (from the original Edison cylinder) By Steven Smolian Smolian Sound Studio Frederick, Maryland ADDITIONAL PROCESSING BY Adam Soroka Digital Media Center, Clemons Library |