Talk:Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me

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Origin[edit]

This is a rather short article. Does anybody know the origin of the song? Possibly slave song, "I belong to somebody"?

The "somebody" came after the original composition. See Thomas Brigham Bishop for some more on one claimed origin of the song. I'd say the exact origin cannot be pinpointed, but it did become quite popular in 1869-70.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 15:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the epithet was removed, and I am curious why. Was it because of the offensive nature of the epithet, or was it because the use of the epithet was historically inaccurate? Masumi23 (talk) 23:30, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additional citations[edit]

Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 08:29, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Not a semi-protected page per se, but the nature of the edit means that the vandalism filter is triggered if a non-registered user attempts to make it. This has prevented both myself and another ip user from performing the edit. A while back an ip editor came across what he called '5 instances of a racial epithet' in this article, and, presumably in good faith, deleted them. As per WP:UNCENSORED, the epithet, as objectionable as it is today, should be retained in the explanation and the lyrics of the song. As it stands there are now simply gaps in the lyrics and some broken formatting. An autoconfirmed registered user ought to revert the ip's edit. 77.96.115.138 (talk) 17:24, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]