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Thread #49631   Message #750643
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
18-Jul-02 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: Historical Children's Songs
Subject: RE: BS: Historical Childrens' Songs
"Carrot Greens," a Mormon remake of "Turnip Greens," is a useful historical song for children. The story is that the pioneer Mormons at times subsisted mostly on carrots- for a change, they ate the greens. It doesn't seem to have been posted.

Lyr. Add: CARROT GREENS

The other night I had a dream,
I dreamt that I could fly;
I flapped my wings like a buzzard
And I flew into the sky.
And there I met St. Peter,
I met him at the gate;
He asked me to dine with him
And this is what we ate.

Chorus:
Oh- Carrot greens,
Good old carrot greens;
Corn bread and buttermilk
And good old carrot greens.

The other night I had a dream,
I dreamt that I had died;
I flapped my wings like an eagle,
And flew into the skies.
And there I saw Moroni,
A-sitting on a spire;
He asked me up and said we'd sup
On this most humble fare.

Mormon Songs From The Rocky Mountains, ed. by T. E. Cheney, 1968 (1983), pp. 143-144.
@humor @Mormon @folk