SCALE THAT SEMLEN Sung by: Lowell Harness Recorded in Pangburn, AR 7/29/63 Click here to listen to the original recording Around, around, round around around, Around, around, oh, around and around, Oh, scale that semlen ‘round. Bilin' salts and the old sugar lumps, Bilin' salts and the old sugar lumps, Bilin' salts and the old sugar lumps, Oh, scale that semlen around. Go forth and choose your lover, Go forth and choose your lover, Go forth and choose your lover, For we have gained the day. Four in the middle and I can’t dance, Josie. Four in the middle and I can’t dance, Josie. Four in the middle and I can’t dance, Josie. Hello, Susie girl. (Mr. Harness: “I got, got it mixed up.”) Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #524. |
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