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OLD JIM LANE (OLD GENERAL LANE) Sung by: W.P. Detherow Recorded in Batesville, AR, 6/25/52 Click here to listen to the original recording There sets a young lady all in this chair, A-mourning the loss of her own true love. It has been said that she was slain All in the wars of Old Jim Lane. Oh, no, 'tis not so; She's come back to be my beau. Oh, no, cannot be; She's come back to marry me. Oh, no cannot be; She's come back to marry me. (Mr. Detherow: "And then the boy sits down and they all march around.") Here sits a young man all in this chair, A-mourning the loss of his own true love. It has been said that he was slain All in the wars of Old Jim Lane. Oh, no, 'tis not so; He's come back to be my beau. Oh, no, cannot be; He's come back to marry me. (Mr. Detherow: "They all dance around when they're singing that, and while they're sitting in the center, all dance around the ring.") Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #560, "Old General Lane." |
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