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Thread #51808   Message #791260
Posted By: GUEST
25-Sep-02 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Origin of Ida Red
Subject: RE: Origin of Ida Red
These verses are supposedly from Poole's "Shootin' Creek" 1928, using Cripple Creek tune.

Buy me a horse and make me a sled
Nobody rides with Ida Red
Ida Red she lives in town
She weighs four hundred and forty pounds.

Ida Red she's a darned old fool
Tried to put a saddle on a humpbacked mule
Up the road and across the creek
Can't get a letter but once a week.

Going up Shootin' Creek, going in a run
Going up Shootin' Creek, have a little fun.

Going up Shootin' Creek, going in a run
Take my razor and a Gatling gun.

Compare with Digital Tradition Mirror.
From Shootin' Creek