The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4280 Message #1812313
Posted By: GUEST,Martin
17-Aug-06 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Poor Howard / Green Corn (Leadbelly)
Subject: ADD: Green Corn (from Leadbelly)
The version I've got sounds like this...
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GREEN CORN
green corn come along charlie
green corn come along charlie
green corn go and tell Polly
green corn go and tell Polly
green corn
green corn
green corn
green corn
all I want in this creation
's a little bitty wife and big carnation
Two little boys to call me pappa
One named [Thomas?] another named Davey
One named [Thomas?] another named Davey
One's gonna put up, other's gonna save me
green corn come along charlie
green corn come along charlie
green corn go and tell Polly
green corn go and tell Polly
green corn
green corn
green corn
green corn
Wake Jake day's a breaking, Peas's in the pot and [?]cakes a baking
green corn
green corn
Stand around, stand around the demi-john [sounds like 'Jimmy John']
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
[Talks a bit about demi-johns]
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
Stand around, stand around the demi-john
green corn
green corn
green corn
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