Well, I found one more, and it's got printed lyrics, so what the heck? - expecially since this one agrees with me and hears "a-lawin'"...
-Joe-


If Had A Ribbon Bow
(Traditional/Arr: C Hester)

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair,
If I had a fancy sash, my own true love would think me fair.
When he'd go to Frankfort a-loggin' on the rise,
He'd bring me back with his own hands a very pretty prize.

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair,
If I had a fancy sash, my own true love Would think me fair.
If I was like the city brung and fair with smart,
Ne'er a lad in all them parts would know my heart.
Then I'd live in Frankfort where all the lawin' goes.
I'd lark about them settlements a-wearin' foreign clothes.

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair,
If I had a fancy sash, my own true love would think me fair.
My red heels would go a-flashin' where'er my fancy should.
My love would see and wish that he had taken me when he could.

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair,
If I had a fancy sash, my own true love would think me fair.


from the 1961 Tradition album, Carolyn Hester (reissued in 1995 by Road Goes On Forever)