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15 Dec 05 - 07:42 PM (#1628337) Subject: Lyr Add: PINEY WOODS BALLAD (fiddle tune) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: PINEY WOODS BALLAD Come all ye swamp gals an' listen to my noise, Don' be courted by the piney woods boys; For iffen you marry 'em yer po'tion will be Cawnbread an' bacon- that's all ye'll ever see. Refrain (after each verse): Say! don' let the hoecake git too brown! When ye go to the cowpen, ye must milk in a gourd Set it in the corner, kiver it with a board: That is the way of the piney woods race; They're lazy and shiftless an' alus a disgrace. If ye go a'courtin', they'll set ye in a chur An' fust thing they ask is, 'ken ye kill a dur? They wear great big hats an' little bits of brims All trussed round with pieces of strin's. pp. 155-156, Cella's wedding day, in Cecile Hulse Matschat, 1938, "Suwannee River, Strange Green Land." Song set to a fiddle dance tune, not given, in this book about the Suwannee River of north Florida. Are the words familiar to anyone, and what is the tune? |
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15 Dec 05 - 08:00 PM (#1628358) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: PINEY WOODS BALLAD (fiddle tune) From: GUEST i KNOW IT AS ARKANSAS BOYS. |