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Thread #105448   Message #2172032
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Oct-07 - 10:45 PM
Thread Name: ADD Versions: Lord how the money rolls in
Subject: Lyr Add: MY FATHER WAS HUNG (from Vance Randolph)
Roll Me in Your Arms: "Unprintable" Ozark Folksongs and Folklore by Vance Randolph, 1992, contains this related song:

MY FATHER WAS HUNG

My father was hung for a horse-thief.
My mother was burnt for a witch.
I've got five sisters more in the whorehouse,
And myself, I'm a son of a bitch.

CHORUS: Oh, all gone, all gone!
The devil it matters to you, and you!
All gone, all gone,
And they left me some fucking to do.