ID: 27
Date: 1960s-1970s
Title: Daniel Boone
Gender: Male 
Classification: Parody 
Rhyme: 

Daniel Boone was a man, 
A very, very big man. 
But the bear was bigger, 
So he ran like a nigger, up a tree.

(Auckland, 1960s; Christchurch, 1970s)

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Background Info: Sung to the tune of 'Daniel Boone.'

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See Turner, 1978:139, for variations:

Daniel Boone ran up the hill,
To see the Indian dance.
Daniel Boone came down the hill,
With onions in his pants.

(Melbourne, 1973)

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Keywords: Topical rhyme, racist 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 2