Hi, Bob -
We have Bruce Olson's Website available here at Mudcat - it's on the Quicklinks dropdown menu. The tunes are from this page (click):

X:113
T:MTHRSWM1- Mother, May I Go Out to Swim (song)
S:by Lester Keith, 1908 (Slurs missing in meas. 15-6, 31-2)
Q:1/4=100
L:1/4
M:3/4
K:D mixolydian
d|ded|B2B|ABA|E2G|FGG|E2F|(D3|D2)D|\
E^DE|G2A|B^AB|d2d|^cBG|FFE|(A3|A2)d|\
ded|B2B|ABA|E2G|FGF|EED|(B3|B2)B|\
^cBA|^c2A|BAF|B2F|GAB|^c2A|(d3|d)zd|\
d2e|d2e|(d3|d2)d|d2d|d2e|(d3|d)zz|]

X:114
T:MTHRSWM2- Mother, May I Go Out to Swim (chorus)
S:by Lester Keith, 1908
Q:1/4=100
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
d e d B2^G|A2BE3|F2GA2F|E3D3|\
D2E G F E|F F GA2D|A2DA2^G|^A3B3|\
d e d B A ^G|A2BE2G|F2GA2^A|^A3B3|\
e2d c c B|A B A E2G|F2ED2B|A3G3|]


To play or display ABC tunes, try concertina.net

I think it will sound more intelligible if you up the tempo a bit - say Q:1/4=140
Holler if you need help understanding this.

Bruce didn't cite his source for this, which surprises me. He was a real scholar.
-Joe-