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Racist Song Titles
By Larry Mayo 

One that really made my jaw drop was "If the Man in the Moon Was
a Coon."

Larry Mayo

 [ Vaudeville song titles like this were so popular that the genre
 [ ultimately got the name "Coon Songs" !   -- Robbie

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Key Words in Subject:  Racist, Song, Titles

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