Markets in the Humanities

Crier Chant

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Ah got farmers' markets!

Ah got flea markets!

Ah got street vendors!

Ah got um! Ah got um!


Ah got homepages!

Ah got search engines!

Ah got E-mail groups!

Ah got um! Ah got um!


Ah got anythin' you' need,

Ah'm de Ah-got-um web-site!


- An adaptation from a West Indian street vendor crier in Harlem during the 1930s -- found in the WPA Life Histories Project (Library of Congress Historic Collection).

Posted in Submitted by shanson on Mon, 01/08/2007 - 7:37pm.
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