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Thread #71721   Message #4226701
Posted By: Lighter
03-Aug-25 - 08:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'
Arkansas Times and Advocate (July 10, 1837):

“I hear one of them now singing:

‘Rack back, Davy, Daddy shot a bear,
Shot him in the tale [sic] and never toch [sic] a hair.’”


Same (Oct. 16, 1837):


"Rack back Davy, jigger up behind,
You show me your step, I'll show you mine."

Memphis Evening Ledger (Jan. 7, 1859) has both with minor differences:

...bar
...eye...har.


...rarin' up behine,    [sic]
...your foot....