Thanks for the reply,
It sounds almost like Ben Jarrell says "rave" there, but "brave" is my guess until someone hears a more likely word.

The greatest problem I had was with Tommy Jarrell's lyrics, for some reason Brad Leftwich's book on the Round-Peak Banjo Style didn't contain any lyrics to Old Joe Clark, otherwise the book is a great source for the Jarrell and Round Peak Area lyrics.

Even if Tommy Jarrell didn't have a beautiful singing voice in modern sense, he had a very powerful and high-pitched voice that was really great for this music. To be able to sing in those keys used is very hard for most people, I think.

So where I have put a question sign and brackets I don't have any clue to what he's saying.