"Jane, Jane" is on a 1957 album titled American Folk Songs Sung by the Seegers. The voice is clearly Peggy. Notes were by Charles Seeger Sr. https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/FW02005.pdf JANE JANE (THREE MOCKINGBIRDS) - a Negro ring game from Mississippi, in which there is one player who steals partners and jumps while the song is sung. Melodically it is akin to "Stewball," with its answer-back chorus and short solo, and is a popular Negro song pattern. Leader: Hey, he-ey Group: Jane, Jane Leader: My Lordy, Lord Group: Jane, Jane Leader: I'm gonna buy Group: Jane, Jane Leader: Three mockingbirds Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to whistle Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to sing Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to do Group: Jane, Jane Leader: Most any little thing Leader: Hey, he-ey Group: Jane, Jane Leader: My Lordy, Lord Group: Jane, Jane Leader: I'm gonna buy Group: Jane, Jane Leader: Three hunting dogs Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to run Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to shout Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One to talk to Group: Jane, Jane Leader: When I go out Leader: Hey, he-ey Group: Jane, Jane Leader: My Lordy, Lord Group: Jane, Jane Leader: I'm gonna buy Group: Jane, Jane Leader: Three muley cows Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One a-for to milk Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One to plough my corn, Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to pray Group: Jane, Jane Leader: On Christmas morn Leader: Hey, he-ey Group: Jane, Jane Leader: My Lordy, Lord Group: Jane, Jane Leader: I'm gonna buy Group: Jane, Jane Leader: Three little blue birds Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One a-for to weep Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to mourn Group: Jane, Jane Leader: One for to grieve Group: Jane, Jane Leader: When I am gone Group: Jane, Jane And then Peter, Paul and Mary and Tia Blake append "Children Go Where I Send Me."
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