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Thread #48821   Message #736189
Posted By: masato sakurai
24-Jun-02 - 10:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jenny Jenkins
Subject: LyrAdd: I'LL NEVER WEAR THE RED ANY MORE
Randolph's Ozark version is quite different, and contains the name of "Jenny jin-ki-o".

I'LL NEVER WEAR THE RED ANY MORE
(From Mrs. Maggie K. Kreitzer, Mountain Grove, Mo., Oct. 28, 1940)

I'll never wear the red any more, any more,
I'll never wear the red any more,
I'll never wear the red 'cause it's the color of my head--

 Singin' buy me a turley whirl,
 A double double early whirl,
 A rucker sucker rye
 A ground turley oh,
 A brown buck berry
 To my lovely Jenny jin-ki-o!

I'll never wear the white any more, any more,
I'll never wear the white any more,
I'll never wear the white till I get myself a wife--

(SOURCE: Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. III, No. 453 [p. 208]; without music)

~Masato