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RATTLESNAKE SONG (SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN) Sung by: Almeda Riddle Recorded in Miller, AR 8/21/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Once round the fie-wy-we-wy-wield, And up come ta rattle, come snay-wy-wake And it bit him on the hee-wy-we-wy-wheel. He looked all arou-wow-wow-wow-wound, And he closed his ey-wy-wy-wy-wyes. Oh, maw, get Sal-wal-wal-wal-wal, For I'm gonna die-wy-wy-wy-wy. Now up come Sal-wal-wal-wal-wal Without her shoe-a-oo-a-oos, And she looked at Joh-wa-wa-wa-wan, And it give her the blue-woo-woo-woo-woos. "Oh, Johnny, dear-wa-weer-wa-weer, Now why did you go-wo-wo-wo-wo All around the fie-wee-wee-wa-wield Of grass for to mow-wo-wo-wo-wo?" "Oh, Sally, dear-weer-weer-weer-weer, Now don't you know-wo-wo-wo-wo, When the grass gets ri-wy-wy-wy-wipe Then it's gotta be mo-wo-wo-wo-woed." Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #424, "Springfield Mountain"; Brown, Vol. II, #208, "Springfield Mountain"; Belden, p. 299, "Springfield Mountain." |
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