OLD WOMAN ALL SKIN AND BONES Sung by: Mrs. W.B. Apple Recorded in Huff, AR 9/5/61 Click here to listen to the original recording Hmm-um-um-um-um. She went to the doctor and this she said, Hmm-um-um-um-um. “Will I be this way when I am dead?” Hmm-um-um-um-um. “Yes, you’ll be that way when you are dead.” Hmm-um-um-um-um. She went back home, and she went to bed, Hmm-um-um-um-um. “Yes, I’ll be this way when I am dead.” Hmm-um-um-um-um. Boo! Also found in Brown, Vol. III, #142; Belden, p. 502. |
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