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BILLIE BARNES (STATE OF ARKANSAS; ARKANSAS TRAVELER) Sung by: Mrs. Nettie Huddleston Barnes Recorded in Pfeiffer, AR 8/23/61 Click here to listen to the original recording I’m just from over town. I’ve traveled this world over, I’ve traveled this world ‘round. I’ve had my ups and down, But life was better . . . ‘Til I reached old Arkansas. (Comment by Mrs. Barnes: “My . . . Oh, I can’t think of that other.”) My name ‘tis Billie Barnes, I’m just from over town. I’ve traveled this world over, I’ve traveled this world ‘round. I’ve had my ups and downs, And life was better say, I never knew what trouble was ‘Til I come to Arkansas. It was the merry month of June. I landed at Hot Springs One sultry afternoon. Up stepped a walking skeleton, Presented me his paw, Asked me to his hotel, The best in Arkansas. I followed my conductor Unto his boarding place, And . . . Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #347, “The State of Arkansas”; Brown, Vol. III, #331, “Arkansas Traveler (II).” |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |