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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
I think that song was actually classed as a "novelty tune" and it was for concert band, so we may never know. I'm pretty sure the reference was to black folks though. It's from the late 1800s in America.
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I remember a few years ago a member of the house of Lords using the phrase 'a nigger in the woodstock', which it transpired was an archaic non-racist phrase. I assume the two phrases are related. I should really check my facts, but I can't actually be bothered.