The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18547   Message #524782
Posted By: Charley Noble
09-Aug-01 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Angeline the Baker
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before
Never heard the above words used for this tune. Out in Michigan we used to use verses like this:

Whiskey killed me poor old dad,
Whiskey for me daddy-o,
Whiskey drove me mother mad,
Whiskey for me daddy-o!

We'd borrow verses from cowboy songs like "Rye Whiskey" and sea shanties like "Whiskey-O". Are you sure the words in the DT scan with the tune?