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OLD JOE CLARK Played and sung by: Mrs. W.B. Apple Recorded in Huff, AR 8/27/62 Click here to listen to the original recording Plays tune on piano. Dr. Wolf: "Do you know any words?" Mrs. Apple: "Yes, but I'll have to change the key.") [The following is vocal only.] Old Joe Clark dead and gone; I hope he's gone to rest. All them gals he used to love-- He loved my gal the best. Rock, rock, Old Joe Clark. Rock, rock, I say. Rock, rock, Old Joe Clark. I hope he's getting away. Old Joe Clark, dead and gone; I hope he's doing well. I hope he went to Heaven, But I think he went to . . . Well, well, Old Joe Clark. Well, well, I say. Well, well, Old Joe Clark, I hope he's getting away. (Mrs. Apple: "This is an old polka that my Dad used to do a long time ago, and I liked it very much." Plays polka on piano. Dr. Wolf: "Jenny Lind Polka.") Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #533; Brown, Vol. III, #86. |
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