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Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.) (Updated Edition) by Bess Lomax Hawes, Bessie Jones Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-8203-0960-5 / 0820309605 ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-0960-6 / 9780820309606 Growing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field work and child tending, entertaining her young companions with chants and riddles or joining them for a rousing evening of ring dances and singing plays. These songs and games, recorded in "Step It Down" by folklori |