Reeves, Dillard

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Voice ; guitars Coll. by Max Hunter Dubbed by M.C. Parler Mr. Dillard Reeves Huntsville, Ark. July 30, 1959 Reel 351, Item 6 Bachelor Hall This is the fortune of all womenkind, They're always controlled and they're always confined, CConfined to their parents till they are made wives, And they slave for their husbands the rest of their lives. Washing and ironing they daily do, Darning and mending, I'll bring that in too, Four little children Ihave to maintain, Oh how I wish I was single again. The young men go courting, they dress up so fine, They make up and fix up the news of their line (?) They tittle and tattle and make fun and lie, And keep the young girls up till they're just fit to die. The girls will jump up and thus they will say Young boys, I'm so sleepy, I wish you'd go way, You're nothing but false hearts and not worth a darn, Before you get home, you will lodge in some barn. All the next day you'll stagger and reel, Saying, God bless those sweet girls, how sleepy I feel, If I were a young man I'd court none at all, I'd live single, keep bachelor's hall. The bachelor's hall for I think is the best Come home drunl or sober, lie down, take your rest, No wife for to scold you, no childern to squall, I' claim (/) those young men, keep bachelor's hall. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas...

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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas