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RATTLESNAKE SONG (MOWING SONG; SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN) Sung by: James Clifton Ferrell Recorded in Memphis, TN 6/30/63 Click here to listen to the original recording That I knew quite we-we-well, And the story of a he-wee-wee I'm going to tell-well-ell. He went down ee-wee-win, In the fee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wield, And the rattle of a snee-wy-shee-wy-snake Bit him on his hee-wy-hee-wy-heel. He fell down-wown-wown, Upon the grou-wow-wound, And he shut his eye-wy-wyes, And looked aroun-wow-wound. "Oh, Father dear-wear-wear, Go tell my gal-wal-wal, For I will die-wy-wy, And I know I shall-wal-wal." Oh, how that ma-wa-wan Did spread the new-wu-wus, And here comes Sal-wal-wal Without her shoo-woo-woos. "Oh, sweetheart dear-wear-wear, Why did you com-om-om Down in the fie-wee-wield Where the bees all hum-wum-wum?" "Oh, Sally dear-weer-weer, I thought you know-wow-wow, When the hay got ri-wy-wype, Well, it had to be mow-wow-wowed." Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #424, "Springfield Mountain"; Brown, Vol. II, #208, "Springfield Mountain"; Belden, p. 299, "Springfield Mountain." |
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