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Thread #52464   Message #803431
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
15-Oct-02 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Jim Along Josey / Jim Along Josie
Subject: RE: Jim Along Josie: lyrics and origin
JIM ALONG JOSIE:
Now way down south, not very far off,
A bullfrog died wid de hooping cough,
And de other side of Mississippi as you must know,
Dare's where I was christen'd Jim Along Joe.

Hey get along, get along Josey,
Hey get along, Jim along Joe!

BUCK-EYED JIM:
Way up yonder above the moon,
A jay-bird lived in a silver spoon.
Way down yonder in a sycamore trough
An old lady died with the whoopin'-cough.

Go limber, Jim; you can't go.
Go weave and spin, you can't go, Buckeye Jim.

JAYBIRD DIED OF THE WHOOPIN' COUGH also BILE DEM CABBAGE:

Jaybird died of the whoopin' cough,
Sparrow died of the colic.
'Long come a frog with a fiddle on his back
Inquirin' his way to the frolic.

-Richie