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Thread #48821   Message #1413361
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
17-Feb-05 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jenny Jenkins
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jenny Jenkins
The "Jenny Jenkins" words I know (showing the first verse) are as follows, refrain in bold:

Basco Lamar Lunsford, the great North Carolina (??) folk singer, banjo player, and folk festival organizer, sang a more complicated version:




Oh, will you wear red, oh my dear, oh, my dear?
Will you wear red, Jenny Jenkins?
I won't wear red, it's the color of my head,
I'll buy me a tally feather, aye, sir.
I'll buy me a tally, walk-a-belly so to wear with m'robe
To go with m'robe, Jenny Jenkins
I'll buy me a tally feather, aye, sir
I'll buy me a tally feather
Double dose a dilly-dally
Suky, suky why man
As' a rosy, juicy why
Jenny Jenkins!

Will you wear green (etc.)

Haven't thought of that for a long time. I've got to get my banjo out and work it up again!
Dave Oesterreich