COFFEE GROWS
(FOUR IN THE MIDDLE; COFFEE GROWS ON WHITE OAK TREES)
Sung by: Emma Puterbaugh Medlin

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Coffee grows on white oak trees,
The river flows with brandy o’er.
Go choose you one to roam with you,
As sweet as sugar and candy, too.
Rally-ally-um-bum, sugar and tea.
Rally-ally-um-bum, candy.
Rally-ally-um-bum, sugar and tea,
Swing your little miss so handy.
Handy, handy, handy
Candy, candy, candy.

Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #524, “Four in the Middle”; Brown, Vol. III, #78, “Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees.”

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