DIALECT Transcripts

Songs from JB, brother of speaker 25 above (b. 1921)


Audio:


Goodnight Irene
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene,
I will see you in my dreams. Yeah!

'Cause sometimes I live in the country,
Sometimes I live in the town.
Sometimes I have a great notion
to jump in the river and drown.
Oh yeah!...

The Old Pine Tree
When we cut down the old pine tree,
Haul it away to the mill,
We go gather up pine
for this sweet gal of mine,
When we cut down the old pine tree....

She'll be comin' Round the Mountain
She'll be comin' around the mountain when she come,
oh yeah!
Comin' around the mountain when she come.
She'll be comin' around the mountain,
she'll be comin around the mountain
she'll be comin' around the mountain when she come.

She('ll) be drivin' six white horses when she come,
she('ll) be drivin six white horses when she come.
She'll be drivin six white horses,
she'll be drivin six white horses,
she'll be drivin six white horses when she come. Oh
yeah...


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