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Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts DigiTrad: CALIFORNIA BOYS EAST VIRGINIA GIRLS ON THE ROAD TO CALIFORNIA THE ARKANSAS BOYS THE TEXIAN BOYS THE TEX-I-AN BOYS WHEN YOU GO A-COURTIN' Related threads: Lyr ADD: Boser Girls (Ashley Hutchings) (10) (origins) Origins: Come All You Virginia Girls (21) Lyr Req: On the Road to California (12) Lyr Add: Piney Woods Ballad (fiddle tune) (2) Lyr Add: Cornbread, 'Lasses and Sassafras Tea (1) Lyr Req: Arkansas Sheik (4) Lyr/Tune Add: Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys (1)
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Subject: RE: Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts From: Sarah McQuaid Date: 03 Apr 11 - 08:03 AM Cheers Barbara! Let me know when you find the other one ... |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts From: Barbara Date: 31 Mar 11 - 11:51 AM Thanks, Sarah. Nice version. And half of what I'm looking for. Now I need the counter melody and the boy's version. You can sing the two versions together. Blessings, Barbara |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts From: Sarah McQuaid Date: 31 Mar 11 - 08:29 AM I recorded the song on my last album -- you can listen to the track in its entirety here: http://sarahmcquaid.bandcamp.com/track/west-virginia-boys Here are my notes on the song from the CD booklet, including lyrics: I learned this song from my mother. It's part of a grand tradition of songs in which girls are strongly advised against consorting with young men from the neighbouring parish, county, state or whatever. The miserable repast the prospective brides are told to expect varies from "Johnny cake and venison" (which doesn't sound all that bad!) to "hoecake and hominy", "cornbread and buttermilk" and "cornbread and bacon". It's been asserted that this family of songs originated from the blackface minstrel song 'De Free Nigger', published by Firth & Hall in 1841 "as sung by R. W. Pelham in the principal theatres, in the United States," which begins: Come all you Virginia gals and listen to my noise Neber do you wed wid de Carolina boys, For if dat you do your portion it will be Corn cake and harmony [hominy?] and Jango lango tea In their book Songs of the Great American West (1995), Irwin Silber and Earl Robinson describe how the song made the rounds of the country: In the Ozarks, they told the Tennessee girls not to marry the Arkansas boys, while the Arkansas girls were similarly warned against the Missouri boys, and Louisiana girls were advised to guard against the Texas clan.... The song traveled to Wyoming, where young ladies were urged to scorn the Cheyenne boys, and out near the Great Salt Lake, the disciples of Brigham Young fashioned their own wry parody on themselves: Come, girls, come, and listen to my noise, Don't you marry the Mormon boys, For if you do, your fortune it will be, Johnnycakes and babies are all you'll see. Here are the lyrics I'm singing: Come on all you Virginia gals and listen to my noise Don't you mess around with West Virginia boys If'n you do your ration will be Cornbread, molasses and sassafras tea When he comes a-courtin' he'll bring along a chair First thing he'll say, my daddy killed a deer Next thing he'll say, before he sits down Honey can you bake your Johnny cakes brown When he comes a-courtin', tell you what he'll wear Long tail coat, just about to tear Pair of old boots with the tops turned down Pair of cotton socks that he wears the year round When he comes a-courtin' he'll whisper in your ear First it's honey lamb and then it's dear After you're married, no such thing Get up and fix my breakfast, you good-for-nothin' thing Come on all you Virginia gals and listen to my noise Don't you mess 'round with West Virginia boys If'n you do your ration will be Cornbread, molasses and sassafras tea from I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning, released 28 October 2008 Trad arr. S. McQuaid/G. O'Beirne Sarah – vocals Liam Bradley – percussion Cheers, Sarah McQuaid http://www.sarahmcquaid.com |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts From: GUEST,Hieronymous Date: 30 Mar 11 - 10:27 PM Elizabeth LaPrelle sings West Virginia Girls on one of her CD's, if that helps. |
Subject: Tune Req: East/west Virginia girls/boys 2 parts From: Barbara Date: 30 Mar 11 - 06:44 PM I had this on one of the February Tapes [from Gordon Bok], and I can't find it. In the data base we have part of words and a tune, but I want both halves -- one is counterpoint to the other. One half starts: "Come all you Virginia gal[girls?] and listen to my noise, Don't go dating W Virginia boys" I think that's right, anyway, and the other half starts "Come all you W Virginia boys and hear my story," Something like that. Anyone know where I can find both halves and the tunes? Blessings, Barbara |
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