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BACHELOR’S SONG (I MARRIED ME A WIFE; THE HOLLY TWIG; WILLOW GREEN) Sung by: Mrs. Ollie Gilbert Recorded in Timbo, AR 10/13/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Courted a widow with a clattering tongue. The kisses that I give her was a hundred and ten. I told her I’d marry her, but I didn’t tell her when. Monday morning I married me a wife, Hoping to live a happy life. She ripped, she tore, she cursed, she swore-- The like I never heard before. Tuesday morning I went to the woods, A-hoping that she’d prove good. I cut me down a little willow green; I believe it’s as keen a one as ever I seen. Wednesday morning I whipped her well. I whipped her more than tongues can tell. I told her that she’d better not be; The Devil would take her and take her for me. Friday morning, the break of day, There she lay, as cold as clay. Roof and proof and a little patch of cane; The Devil taken her off in a little shower of rain. Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #367, “I Married Me a Wife”; Brown, Vol. II, #184, “The Holly Twig.” |
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