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Lyr Add: Babe, Honey, It Ain't No Lie
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Subject: Lyr Add: BABE, HONEY, IT AIN'T NO LIE. From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 18 Jun 18 - 05:19 AM Not sure where this fits in or where it's from, sort of the B-side to John B to the tune of Froggy Went a Courtin' or Keemo Kimo but with minstrel lyrics: “...the Colonel, seeing the good effect of one song*, struck up another, which I may as well give too: When you're single, you're at your ease, But when you are married, you got a wife to please — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. The funniest thing I ever saw Was a cockroach living with his mother-in-law — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. I'm goin' to whistle and I'm goin' to sing, And tell you about the purty little thing, — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. If you want to see Mr. Jackson laugh Just change a dollar and give him half — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. What you goin' to do when it's half-past eight, And the boss he say, "You come too late" — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. Beefsteak cookin' and the onions fryin', And the old folks laughin' and the children cryin' — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. "What are you doin' workin' so hard?" "Tryin' to keep my wife out of white folks' yard" — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. Of all the joys you find in life, The greatest is a charmin' wife — Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie. Goin' to hang my kettle on the white folks' gate, Get it full of pork chops, cheese, and steak Babe, Honey, it ain't no lie.” [Gallienne, R.L., Coral Islands and Mangrove Trees, Harper's Monthly Magazine, vol.CXXXIV, December, 1916, To May, 1917 (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917, p. 83)] Notes: *Hoist the John B. Sail p.82 The lyrics posted here have been purged of the Colonel's “vife,” “vant,” “vorkin” &c. See Harper's for the Gallienne spellings. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Babe, Honey, It Ain't No Lie From: Jim Dixon Date: 18 Jun 18 - 10:08 PM Here's a link to that issue of Harper's Magazine, courtesy of Google Books. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Babe, Honey, It Ain't No Lie From: Joe Offer Date: 18 Jun 18 - 10:39 PM So, is this the same song as Libba Cotten's Oh, Babe It Ain't No Lie? -Joe- |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Babe, Honey, It Ain't No Lie From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 19 Jun 18 - 03:01 AM I've only heard this one done. No sheet music then or now... yet. Cotten doesn't sound much like Froggy Went a Courtin' to me though Joe. There's also Moran & Helf's It Ain't No Lie: I'se a natural born Reacher (1897) which I'm still thinking over. |
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