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Thread #67154 Message #1120730
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
21-Feb-04 - 07:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Johnny Bucker /Johnny Booker
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Johnny Bucker /Johnny Booker
The version in Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 2, # 268, pp. 344-345, "Mister Booger," adds little to material previously posted. Just the last verse, where Arkansas is mentioned:
It's now I've ended my old song,
I'll start to Arkansas a-rackin' along,
So walk a Johnny Booger to he'p that nigger,
An' do Mister Booger to he'p him along.