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Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm
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Subject: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm From: Goose Gander Date: 19 Sep 07 - 05:54 PM Apparently derived from (or at least related to) Balm of Gilead by H. T. Bryant 1861. Here are some versions . . . Down On The Bigelow Farm sung by J. W. Becker at Shafter FSA Camp 8-15-40. Source: Voices From the Dust Bowl. The Peacefullo Farm as sung by Reba Dearmore in Mountain Home, Arkansas on January 7, 1969. Source: Max Hunter Folksong Collection. Rig Jag as sung by John Harrell in Marshall, AR 6/14/63. Source: Wolf Folklore Collection. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 19 Sep 07 - 06:50 PM See down on Peachblow farm, Roberts Farm, etc. thread 41872: Penny's Farm Balm of Gilead mentioned there, but lyrics posted in 104184: Balm of Gilead . |
Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm From: Goose Gander Date: 20 Sep 07 - 01:07 AM DOWN ON THE PICHELO FARM I got a girl named Dinah The people caint out-shine her An' I'll take a kiss if I find her Down on the Pichelo farm Her father's name was Moses Her shoes was out the toeses ____________________________ Down on the Pichelo farm An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag Down on the Pichelo farm Source: Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3 (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1980), p. 384. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm From: Goose Gander Date: 20 Sep 07 - 02:03 PM DOWN ON THE PICHELO FARM A. I got a gal named Dinah The people can't outshine her I'll f ___ her if I find her Down on the Pichelo Farm I'll whistle up my dinner As sure as I'm a sinner And then I'll stick it in her Down on the Pichelo farm Sung by Mr. C. S., Pack, Missouri, August 14, 1928. B. Had a girl named Susie (Surely was a doosie) Sassy little floozy Down on the Bigerlow farm My Susie went to Dover A-kicking Charlie over So now she is a rover Down on the Bigerlow farm She says that we must marry And riper grows the cherry I got no time to tarry Down on the Bigerlow farm Sung by Miss R. S., Springfield, Missouri, April 17, 1934. Source: Randolph; Legman. Roll Me in Your Arms: 'Unprintable' Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Vol. 1 (University of Arkansas Press, 1992), p. 409. |
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