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Thread #67154   Message #1124962
Posted By: Joe Offer
27-Feb-04 - 02:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Johnny Bucker /Johnny Booker
Subject: ADD: Mister Booger
I suppose that Q is correct in saying that the version in Randolph's Ozark Folksongs isn't much different from other versions posted above, but I still think it's worthwhile to post the whole thing, especially since Randolph has a tune.
-Joe Offer-

Mister Booger

I hitched my team to drive to Wright's shop
An' there I hollered for the driver to stop,
So walk a Johnny Booger to he'p that nigger,
An' do Mister Booger to he'p him along.

Says I to him, can you mend my yoke?
He stepped to the bellows an' blowed up smoke,
So walk a Johnny Booger to he'p that nigger,
An' do Mister Booger to he'p him along.

An' I drove from there to Anthony's Mill
An' there I stalled a-goin' up hill.
So I placed my shoulder ag'in the wheel,
An' on the ground I placed both heels.

An' there I shoved an' there I strained,
But all my help it proved in vain,
So I set right down an' begun to cry,
Along come a wagoner a-passin' by.

Says I to him caint you-all he'p me?
He unhitched his horses, one-two-three,
An' while I was a-wipin' the fallin' tears
He hitched his horses afore my steers.

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.


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