I wish I was single again.
[76] Cf. Campbell & Sharp, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, p. 256; also phonograph record version, I Wish I Was a Single Girl.
Dere’s a Lizzie After My Man
Dere’s a Lizzie after my man,
Dere’s a Lizzie after my man;
She git ’im if she can,
’Cause I kotch her holdin’ his han’,
Dis-a mawnin’, dis evenin’ more ’n late.
Her face am powdered white,
Her face am powdered white;