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JENNIE JENKINS Will you wear white, oh my dear, oh my dear Oh will you wear white, Jennie Jenkins? I won't wear white For the color's too bright I'll buy me a fol-de-roldy-tildy-toddy seek-a-double, use-a-cause-a-roll-the-find-me Roll, Jennie Jenkins, roll Will you wear blue, my dear, oh my dear Oh, wear you blue, Jennie Jenkins I won't wear blue The color's too true Will you wear red, my dear, oh my dear Oh will you wear red, Jennie Jenkins I won't wear red It's the color of my head Will you wear black, my dear, oh my dear Oh will you wear black, Jennie Jenkins I won't wear black It's the color of my back Will you wear purple, my dear, oh my dear Oh will you wear purple, Jennie Jenkins I won't wear purple It's the color of a turkle Will you wear green, my dear, oh my dear Oh will you wear green, Jennie Jenkins I won't wear green For it's a shame to be seen @color @clothes Printed in A Treasury of Folk Songs by Sylvia and John Kolb filename[ JJENKIN2 SOF |
Jennie Jenkins Will You Wear Red? (Noted by Cecil Sharp from Mrs. Delie Hughes at Cane River, Burnsville, N.C., in 1918) |
