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Thread #48959   Message #739457
Posted By: John Minear
29-Jun-02 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
From SLAVE SONGS OF THE GEORGIA SEA ISLANDS, compiled by Lydia Parrish, Athens(GA): University of Georgia Press, 1992 (orig. 1942):

HAUL AWAY, I'M A ROLLIN' KING

Haul away, I'm a rollin' king
Haul away, haul away
I'm boun' for South Austrailia.
Yonder come a flounder flat on the groun'
Haul away, haul away
I'm boun' for South Australia
Belly to the groun' an' back to the sun
Haul away, haul away
I'm boun' for South Australia.
Ain' but one thing worry me
Haul away, haul away
I'm boun' for South Australia.
I leave my wife in Tennessee
Haul away, haul away
Haul away, I'm a rollin' king
Haul away, haul away
I'm boun' for South Australia.