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Thread #98173   Message #1941112
Posted By: Richie
18-Jan-07 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: What Shall We Do with the Baby-O
Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH THE BABY?
Does anyone have Garyson and Whittier (or Whitter) lyrics?
Here's some info with lyrics from Andrew Kuntz:

WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH THE BABY? Old-Time, Breakdown/song. USA; Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina. G Major. Standard. AB. The tune was even set as a New England style country dance by New York state fiddler Claudio Buchwald (1975). Source for notated version: Grayson and Whitter (Kentucky) [Kuntz].
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The baby laughs, the baby cries,
Stuck my finger in the baby's eyes.
*** Refrain
Whatcha gonna do with the baby?
Whatcha gonna do with the baby?
***
Wrap it up in calico,
Send it back to Georg-i-o.
***
Wrap it up in a tablecloth,
Toss it up in a stable loft.
***
I love that pretty little thing,
Baby is a dandy;
I love that pretty little baby,
God bless its mammy.
***
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986 (country dance version). Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 345-246. County 513, "The Recordings of Grayson and Whitter." County 778, Tommy Jarrell- "Pickin' on Tommy's Porch" (1984. Learned from the playing of his father, fiddler Ben Jarrell, and uncle, Charlie Barnett Lowe). Rounder CD0383, Mike Seegar and Paul Brown - "Down in North Carolina." Voyager 328, "Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band."
T:Whatcha Gonna Do with the Baby?
L:1/8
M:2/4
B:Kuntz - Ragged but Right
K:G
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