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Thread #38608   Message #543875
Posted By: catspaw49
06-Sep-01 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Got No Sugar Baby Now
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aint got no honey babe no more
Frank Proffitt does this on the cassette tape available from Sandy at Folk-Legacy Records. I can think of no better authority than Sandy Paton, and I copy a portion of his liner notes here:

Clarence Ashley had a song much like this one, which he called "Honey Babe Blues." Bascom Lamar Lunsford had it as "Red Apple Juice," and Charlie Monroe recorded it as "Red Rocking Chair." I have not found the song among other singers in Frank Proffitt's immediate area, although it has been widely collected in Appalachia. Recent recordings have made it quite well known in urban folksong circles.

Sandy also tends to disallow a relationship speculated by others to Child 76, "The Lass of Roch Royal."

Do you want the lyrics as per Frank Proffitt?

Spaw