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MEXICAN NURSERY SONG: 16 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE NEGRO GIRL'S HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN
Last Line: IT WILL BURN HER PUMPKIN BROWN
Subject(s): FIRE;

The Negro girl's house is burning down;
See it burn up, see it burn down;
It will burn her pumpkin brown.



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