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Misanthropic curmudgeon

Today I learned that the first recording of 'Black Betty' is 92 years old, and the song is probably older

This version includes a lyric not in more modern versions: "the baby had blue eyes, must've been the captain"

https://youtu.be/TaQv3Cl06ow?si=k4AeWMjteCxv9T-U

JAMES "IRON HEAD" BAKER - Black Betty (1933)

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If you have 60 billion toots and you joined in March that's a no.
@mementomaori Have had this one on all day. Infinitely better than the RNZ shlock
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This is a really good ad.
Racists have been emboldened, make them fear again.
So what I can gather, is that the Freedumbs NZ Party's entire campaign is just yelling over and disrupting everyone else?
Khristopher Luxon
I'm 'what's the point of lying about my age now' years old.
Oh a tunnel...even better use of the money. /s
The red-zoned flood victims who are only getting 50% of their property value must be stoked.