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No local title; Boarding- house; Eggs and ham is getting mighty scarce

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Martin, Montie (Mrs.)

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voice collected by sung by Mrs. Montie Martin Brenda Jo Upton Jasper, Arkansas April 25, 1962 Reel 401 Item 17 NO LOCAL TITLE Eggs and ham is getting mighty scarce At the hotel I've been a'boarding. Chief cook say that domernecker laid, But her eggs was on the other side of Jordan. Bung a lung a lung a lung bung I looked to the east and I looked west Saw the gold chariot a'coming. Forty bay horses a'working in the lead, And a big footed nigger up a driving. Bung a lung a lung a lung bung, Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Upton, Brenda Jo
Created Date:
1962 04 25
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. Food
  3. Food, Hotel, Jordan, Chariot
  4. Foodstuffs

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