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RATTLESNAKE SONG #1 (SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN) Sung by: Zona Everett Recorded in Oxley, AR 8/20/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Bright and cee-y-weer, That the Johnny went out in the mee-y-weadow For to mee-y-wow. Well, he had not mee-y-wowed More than halfway across the fee-y-wield, 'Til along come a rattle, come a snee-y-wake, And a bit him on the hee-y-weel. He fell right dee-y-wown Upon the gee-y-wound, And he shut both eee-y-eyes, And he looked all re-ry-round. Oh, Daddy dee-y-wear, Go tell my gee-y-wal, That I must dee-y-ear, I know I cee-y-wal. The good old dee-y-wad, That boy done nee-y-wose, And then come cee-y-wal Without her shee-y-wose. "Oh, Johnny, dee-y-wear, Why did you cee-y-wom, Out in the mee-y-wedow, For to mee-y-wo." Oh, Sally dee-y-wear, Why, don't you nee-y-wo, When the grass gets ree-ry-ripe, It was to be mee-y-wowed?" Come all young mee-y-wen, And shed a tee-y-wear, For this young mee-y-wan, He died right hee-y-weer. Come all young mee-y-wen, A warning tee-y-wake, And never de bee-y-with The rattle come a snee-y-wake. Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #424, "Springfield Mountain"; Brown, Vol. II, #208, "Springfield Mountain"; Belden, p. 299, "Springfield Mountain." |
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