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Thread #74176   Message #1292778
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Oct-04 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Dodger Song
Subject: ADD Version: We're All Dodging
"Ever'body's talkin' 'bout it," but we need some songs to compare.
Here is the one in Randolph that heads off The Traditional Ballad Index note, posted above by Joe.

WE'RE ALL DODGING

Well the lawyer he's a dodger,
Yes, a well-known dodger,
The lawyewr, he's a dodger
Yes, and I'm a dodger too.
He'llplead you a case
An' claim you for a friend,
But look out, boys,
He's easy for to bend.

For we're all dodgin',
Dodgin' an' a-dodgin',
Yes, we're all a-dodgin'
Our way through the world.
Well, the doctor he's a dodger,
Yes, a well-known dodger,
The doctor he's a dodger,
Yes, an' I'm a dodger too.
He'll doctor you and cure you
For half that you possess,
But look out, boys,
He's a-dodgin' for the rest.

No. 462, pp. 218. MS from Mr. F. M. Goodhue, Mena, Arkansas, 1930.
Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3.
No music.