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Thread #163521 Message #4065605
Posted By: cnd
23-Jul-20 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Catfish Floatin' Down the River
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Catfish Floatin' Down the River
Quick amendment to my post at 05:56 PM, the Wetmore text is not actually in the Brown collection.
From the Frank C. Brown collection, linked above:
'Banjo Sam.' Obtained from Obadiah Johnson of Crossnore, Avery county (NC), probably in 1940.
1. Catfish, catfish, goin' up the stream, Catfish, catfish, where you been? I grabbed that catfish by the snout, I pulled that catfish wrong side out. Yo-ho! Banjo Sam.
2. As I was goin' thro' the field A blacksnake bit me on the heel. I grabbed me a stick and I done my best, And I ran my head in a hornet's nest. Yo-ho! Banjo Sam.
3. And I was goin' down the road, I met a terrapin and a toad. The terrapin he began to sing, The toad he cut the pigeon wing. Yo-ho! Banjo Sam.