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WOODY KNOWS NOTHING Woody knows nothin' but peckin' on the bough. Bough, but the skies of blue. I never knew till I met you What love, oh, love could do. Can't you see yon turtle dove Fly from pine to pine [or, "vine to vine"]? He's mourning for his own true love, As I shall do for mine. Saturday night and Sunday, too, True-love on my mind, But Monday mornin' bright and soon, The white man's got me gwine. Blue jay pulled a four-horse plow. Sparrow, why can't you? 'Cause my legs is little and long And they might get broke in two. Redbird sittin' on a sycamore limb, Singin' out his soul. A big black snake crawled up that tree And swallowed that poor boy whole. Wild geese flyin' through the air, Through the sky so blue They're now a-floatin' where the south-wind blows So why not me and you? I'm just a country boy. Money have I none, But I've got silver in the sky, [or "stars"] And gold in the setting [or "morning"] sun. I went down the mountainside, Give my horn a blow. Everywhere them pretty girls said, "Yonder goes my beau." I went up the mountainside, Took a swig of corn. Possum wrapped his tail 'round a blackberry bush, Two mountain lions were born. This is a composite of several versions recorded by (1) Burl Ives, as "Saturday Night and Sunday, Too;" (2) Erik Darling on "True Religion and Other Blues, Ballads and Folksongs;" (3) the Red Clay Ramblers, as "Blue Jay," on "Twisted Laurel;" and some others. Several of these verses are "floaters" and also appear in "I'm Just a Country Boy," "The Storms Are on the Ocean," "George Collins," "All the Good Times Are Past and Gone," and "Crow, Black Chicken." In some versions, the last line of each verse is repeated. Some versions are sung as lullabies. AS, BM, DG, JS, JB @floaters @animal filename[ WOODYKNO AS Feb07 |
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