One of the news anchors on WBZ in Boston used to be a folksinger. He was part of a group called The Mandrells, three African Americans who sang tight harmonies without accompaniment.

One of their songs, kind of their signature song, was something I have never heard anyone else sing. It is an ox driving song but does NOT begin with "I pop my whip and I bring the blood", it is totally unrelated except by subject matter.

Some of the terms are unfamiliar to me me so I have made sense of them phonetically. Here are the fragments I can remember. It is a powerful song.

"Whoa, back Buck 'n Gee by the Lamb
Who made the backband? Whoa goddam.
(Chorus)
"Whoa, goddam, 'n whoa goddam
Who made the backband? Whoa goddam.

____ won't ___ and _______ won't pull.
Papa's gonna cut that other little bull.

"Eighteen, nineteen, twenty years ago,
I took my Sal to the party-o"

Sourdough

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