Another recorded version of the song is on "The Brothers Four: In Person" (Columbia CL 1828)

Here's another song that may in some way be connected. It is much older. It was preserved by an early director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, who said the song was sung when he crossed the plains in the late 1850's. A raucous recorded version of this is on the LP album by the Three D's called "Mormon Folk Ballads", produced and distrubited by the Department of Audio Visual Communication, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (I wouldn't be looking for this to appear on CD any time soon). The tune is a variant of "Turkey In the Straw". The lyrics are found in "Mormon Songs From the Rocky Mountains" edited by Thomas E. Cheney ( 1968, American Folklore Society, lib cong. #68-63018).

WHOA, HAW, BUCK AND JERRY BOY

With a merry little jig and a gay little song,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
We trudge our way the whole day long,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
What though we are covered all over with dust
It's better than staying back home to rust,
We'll reach Salt Lake some day or bust,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,

There's a pretty little girl in the outfit ahead,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
I wish she was by my side instead,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
Look at her now with a pout on her lips
As daintily with her finger tips
She picks for the fire some buffalo chips
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,

Oh tonight we'll dance by the light of the moon,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
To the fiddler's best and only tune
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy,
Holding her hand and stealing a kiss
But never a step of the dance we miss,
Never did know a love like this,
Whoa, Haw, Buck, and Jerry Boy.

rich r

^^^ ;-)