Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm

Subject: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm
From: Goose Gander
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 05:54 PM

Apparently derived from (or at least related to) Balm of Gilead by H. T. Bryant 1861.

Here are some versions . . .

Down On The Bigelow Farm sung by J. W. Becker at Shafter FSA Camp 8-15-40. Source: Voices From the Dust Bowl.

The Peacefullo Farm as sung by Reba Dearmore in Mountain Home, Arkansas on January 7, 1969. Source: Max Hunter Folksong Collection.

Rig Jag as sung by John Harrell in Marshall, AR 6/14/63. Source: Wolf Folklore Collection.

Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 06:50 PM

See down on Peachblow farm, Roberts Farm, etc. thread 41872: Penny's Farm

Balm of Gilead mentioned there, but lyrics posted in 104184: Balm of Gilead

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Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm
From: Goose Gander
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 01:07 AM

DOWN ON THE PICHELO FARM

I got a girl named Dinah
The people caint out-shine her
An' I'll take a kiss if I find her
Down on the Pichelo farm

Her father's name was Moses
Her shoes was out the toeses
____________________________
Down on the Pichelo farm

An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag
An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag
An' a rig jag jig jag jig jag
Down on the Pichelo farm

Source:
Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3 (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1980), p. 384.

Subject: RE: Origins: Down on the Pichelo Farm
From: Goose Gander
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 02:03 PM

DOWN ON THE PICHELO FARM

A.
I got a gal named Dinah
The people can't outshine her
I'll f ___ her if I find her
Down on the Pichelo Farm

I'll whistle up my dinner
As sure as I'm a sinner
And then I'll stick it in her
Down on the Pichelo farm

Sung by Mr. C. S., Pack, Missouri, August 14, 1928.

B.
Had a girl named Susie
(Surely was a doosie)
Sassy little floozy
Down on the Bigerlow farm
My Susie went to Dover
A-kicking Charlie over
So now she is a rover
Down on the Bigerlow farm

She says that we must marry
And riper grows the cherry
I got no time to tarry
Down on the Bigerlow farm

Sung by Miss R. S., Springfield, Missouri, April 17, 1934.

Source:
Randolph; Legman. Roll Me in Your Arms: 'Unprintable' Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Vol. 1 (University of Arkansas Press, 1992), p. 409.