🛑 Racism

Do Your Ears Hang Low? – and all its derivatives – appears on our list of Problematic Songs because of its racist history.

The tune is also problematic, as it derives from a racist song – “”N*** love a watermelon, ha! ha! ha!”, “Turkey in the Straw” and “Zip Coon”.

You can learn more about its history from this NPR article:

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💚 Suggested replacement songs for body part identification:

• Shaker Song.
• Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.