XVII.
This group contains songs peculiar to the folk-dances, "frolickings," and movement-games of Kentucky.
Charlie, ii, 4a3b4c3b, an endless improvisation: In praise of Charlie, the dandy, who feeds the girls on candy, drinks the apple-brandy, etc.
Bluebird, ii: A [rhythmical], rimeless, endless improvisation, in which are woven the "calls" of the dance, beginning:
Yonder goes the bluebird through the window
Down in Tennessee.
The Railroad, ii: To be characterized as the above, yet totally different, beginning:
Out on the railroad, O Jubilee,
Waiting for my darling, O Jubilee.
The Boatman, ii: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
Here she sits in her sad station.
Long Summer Day, ii: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
Skate around the ocean,
In a long summer day.
A-moaning and Groaning, ii: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
A-moaning and groaning,
And that shall be the cry.
Marching Round the Levy [Lady?]: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
We're marching round the levy,
For we have gained the day.
Going to Boston: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
Now we'll promenade, one, two, three,
So early in the morning.
Here Come Two Dukes A-roving, ii: A rhythmical, rimeless improvisation for the men and women of the dance, alternately—beginning:
Here comes two dukes a-roving,
With a high-o-ransom-day.
Skip to My Lou, ii: A rhythmical, rimeless chant made up of the dance "calls," beginning:
Steal your partner, skip to my lou,
Skip to my lou, my darling.
Fol Dol Sol, 4a3b4c3b, 2ca: One quatrain is:
If you love me as I love you,
We have not long to tarry;
We'll keep the old folks fixing up
For you and me to marry.
Green Grows the Willow, 4aaaa, 4ca: One quatrain is:
Green grow the rashes O,
Green grow the rashes O,
Kiss her quick and let her go,
For yonder comes her mammy O.
The Jolly Miller, iii, metre as follows, 2:
Jolly is the miller that lives by the mill,
The wheel goes round with a right good will,
One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack—
The boys step forward and the girls step back.
Sister Phoebe, 4aab, 2: It begins:
Old sister Phoebe, how happy were we
The night we sat under the juniper tree,
The juniper tree, heigh ho, heigh ho.
Needle's Eye, as follows:
Needle's eye that doth supply
The thread that runs so true;
Many a beau have I let go
Because I wanted you.
Green Gravel, 4aabb, 4ca: It begins:
Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green;
You're the prettiest maiden that ever was seen.
[Old Quebec], ii, 4a3b4c3b, 3ca: It begins:
We're marching down to Old Quebec,
Where the fifes and drums are beating;
America has gained the day
And the British are retreating.
[Sister Frankie], 3abcb and 3abcb, 3: The refrain is:
Twice one is two
And one and two is three;
Dance around the maypole
Just like me.
Buffalo, ii, 4a3b4c3b, 2: It begins:
Come along, my dearest dear,
Present to me your hand;
We are roaming in succession
To some far and distant land.
Bouquet Patch (Pawpaw Patch), ii: An endless, rimeless improvisation, beginning:
Where, oh where, is pretty little Mary?
Way down yonder in the bouquet patch.
Go In and Out at the Window: An endless, rimeless improvisation containing the dance calls in order.