Here's one of my favorite Jimmy Driftwood tunes, recorded on a National Geographic LP entitled "Ozark Mountain Music" (or something quite similar). I didn't find it in the DT and so, to build up the collection - and to avert any animadversions from Dick Greenhaus for mentioning a tune without posting its lyrics - I give it to you thus:

DOWN IN THE ARKANSAS (pronounced "Arkin-saw")
Jimmy Driftwood

1. I had a cow that slobbered bad,
Down in the Arkin-saw,
I took'er to m'Great-Grandad,
Way down in the Arkin-saw.
Ast'im what t'do fer it
Down in the Arkin-saw,
He said, "Son, teach that cow t'spit!"
Way down in the Arkin-saw.

CHORUS: Down in the Arkin,
Down in the Arkin,
Down in the Arkin-saw,
The sweetest gal I ever knew
Was down in the Arkin-saw.

2. When I was just a little lad,
Down in the Arkin-saw,
My Maw got married to my Dad
Way down in the Arkin-saw.
Grampaw got mad and cussed a-while
Down in the Arkin-saw,
Til Grammaw said, "It's the latest style,"
Way down in the Arkin-saw! CHORUS

3. I loved a gal, her name was Lil,
Down in the Arkin-saw,
I hugged that girl all over the hill
Way down in the Arkin-saw.
Her Paw got mad and called me "Son"
Down in the Arkin-saw;
He tied the knot with his rifle-gun
Way down in the Arkin-saw! CHORUS TWICE