Queen Byrne’s Fiddy-cents-worth
Byrne changed her name from Bernice (so not her) to Byrne back when she began dancing. But the spelling confounded casual acquaintances for the next sixty years. So I love this little rhyme she wrote up in her journal. Add your own scratching and feedback thumps as you sing along:
Most folks learn
To call me Byrne
– It doesn’t take much tryin’
But to spell it Bryne
On list or sign
Makes me feel like cry’n’
Who knew? Byrne was a dancer and a rapper.
"TeresaBruceBooks" 
September 23, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Rapper or beat poet?
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October 1, 2010 at 8:36 AM
THIS, I think, would make the poem true rap:
Folks loin to call me Boin
Don’t take to much tryin’
But spell it Bryan
On a list or a si-uhn
(It gonna)
Make me feel like cryin’
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