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Thread #72141 Message #1239837
Posted By: Joe Offer
03-Aug-04 - 07:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sweet Lulur
Subject: ADD:Way Up on Clinch Mountain (Sandburg Version B)
The Traditional Ballad Index (see above) says the version "B" of "Way Up on Clinch Mountain" in Sandburg's American Songbag "is perhaps this or something like it though probably composite, perhaps with 'The Wagoner's Lad'"
Seems like a weak connection to me, but here's the song text:
Way Up on Clinch Mountain (Sandburg Version B)
Way up on Clinch Mountain where the wild geese fly high, I'll think of little Allie en lay down en die.
You may boast of yore knowledge en brag o' yore sense, 'Twill all be forgotten a hundred years hence.
Oh Lulu, oh Lulu, oh Lulu, my dear, I'd give the whole world if my Lulu was hyer.
Sandburg's "A" text is a version of "Rye Whiskey" - you'll find that one here (click).