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BLOW THE CANDLE OUT (2) I come to my sweetheart's window To ease her of her pain, She got right up an' let me in, An' went back to bed again. Oh blow the candle out, says I, Without a fear or doubt, We'll have a little pleasure If you'll blow the candle out. Nine months it was an' better, Nine months an' more was passed, Nine months it was my true love She had a child at last. She had a child at last, Without a fear or doubt, An' that's what comes, my dearest dear, When you blow the candle out. Come all you pretty fair maids, Take warnin' unto me, Don't never trust your sweetheart An inch above your knee. An inch above your knee, Without a fear or doubt, For all they want, you pretty fair maids, Is to blow the candle out. sung as above by Mrs. H. S., Hot Springs, Arkansas, July 5, 1921, learned from h er grandfather, who raised in Van Buren County, Arkansas. The tune is the same a s that of a "Kinnie Wagner" song, popular in the late 1920s. from Randolph/Legman, "Roll Me in Your Arms" DT #499 Laws P17 @English @love @courtship filename[ CANDLOU2 JRO |
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