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The Blue-Tail Fly

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 11

Author

Scott
Sanders

Appeared in

Hear the Wind Blow: American Folk Songs Retold

Story Summary

An abolitionist tale, popular during the Civil War and a favorite of Abraham Lincoln, about how a slave gets even with his Old Massa.