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Thread #568   Message #3689913
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Feb-15 - 01:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Gray Cat on the Tennessee Farm (D Macon)
Subject: ADD Version: Grey Cat on A Tennessee Farm
Smithsonian Folkways has a 1966 recording of the song by Liz Getz. I thinks she has it wrong, but here's what she has:

GREY CAT ON THE TENNESSEE FARM
by D. Macon

Just look to the man who can if he will.
The fox run the valley of the Tennessee hills.

Well, the big cat spit in the little kitten's eye
Little cat, little cat, don't you cry

Just look to the man who can if he will.
The fox run the valley of the Tennessee hills.

We all love liquor and we'll all take a dram
I'm a-gonna tell you, pretty Polly Ann
Just look to the man who can if he will.
The fox run the valley of the Tennessee hills.

Cows in the pasture, hogs in the pen.
Sheep in the meadow and wheat in the bin
Fruit in the cellar, cheese in the wall,
Big sack of coffee and sugar in the gourd.
Just look to the man who can if he will.
The fox run the valley of the Tennessee hills.

Horses in the stable, money in his pocket.
Baby in the cradle and pretty girl to rock it.
Just look to the man who can if he will
The fox run the valley of the Tennessee hills.