Recorded by the Lomaxes from a Mr. Bornu, a fiddler, at Kaplan, La., June, 1934. Bornu’s tune is the common blues line, repeated over and over:

Went downtown, like an honest girl does.
I went downtown, like an honest girl does.
Went down to the store, like an honest girl does.
Got me a pair of drawers, like an honest girl does.
Then I met a pretty boy, like an honest girl does.
And he come home with me, like an honest boy do.    [sic
He took me down in mother’s room, like an honest boy do.
He laid me down on mother’s bed, like an honest boy do.
Raise my dress over my head, like an honest boy do.
And then he done it to me, and he said, “To hell with you little gal.”
Listen to me, little gally, don’t ever give an inch above your knee.
They gone to fuck you, then give you a kick, little girl.


Nothing light-hearted here. The text is bitterly monitory, with the "inch above your knee" phrase in common with other songs.