Do Your Ears Hang Low?

DESCRIPTION: "Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them is a bow? Can you throw them o're your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?" Other verses may refer to other ear, or body, oddities
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook)
KEYWORDS: nonballad playparty campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, pp. 210-211, "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" (1 text, tune referenced)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 104, 280, 285, 417, 424, 491, "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 21, "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" (1 text, tune referenced)
DT, EARSLOW
Roud #15472
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Turkey in the Straw" (partial tune) and references there
NOTES [30 words]: I seem to recall my mother referencing this song many years ago. It seems to almost always be done with gestures. I do not know whether this or "Do Your Balls Hang Low" is older. - RBW
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File: ACSF104E

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