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Thread #41680   Message #602846
Posted By: Joe Offer
03-Dec-01 - 02:42 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Say, Darlin', Say
Subject: Lyr Add: SAY DARLING SAY (Virginia Mtn Boomers)
Now, there has to be a lesson here. Note that Dale in Arkansas has a better knowledge of Joe's CD collection than Joe has himself. Could it be that Joe's faculties are fading?
-Joe-



SAY DARLING SAY

Oh little darling if you were mine,
you wouldn't do nothing but starch and iron
Say darling say
Starch and iron would be your trade,
and I'd get drunk and lie in the shade
Say darling say

Hush up darling, don't say a word,
I'm gonna buy you a mocking bird
Mocking bird, if it don't sing,
I'm gonna buy you a diamond ring

Diamond ring, if it turns to brass,
I'm gonna buy you a looking glass
Looking glass, if it gets broke,
I'm gonna buy you a billy goat


Transcribed from a 78 rpm recording by the Virginia Mountain Boomers on the Yazoo CD, The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 1