Yes Ma'am

DESCRIPTION: "Little girl, little girl, Yes, sir. Did you feed my chickens? Yes sir. What did you fed them? Corn and wheat." "Little girl... did you feed my cat? What did you...? Bread and milk." "Did you feed my horse? Corn and hay." "...my sheep? Oats and Barley."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (transcription of a recording by Emma Dusenberry)
KEYWORDS: dialog food animal
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 95, "Little Girl" (1 text, 1 tune)
MidwestFolklore, Ed Cray, "Some Rarities from Arkansas"," Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1959) p. 23, "Did You Go to the Barnie?" (1 text, which might be this or one of the other "Yes, Ma'am" songs, but I refuse to add any more versions of the type!)
Roud #15294
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Good Old Egg-Head" (form)
cf. "Shout Josephine Shout" (form)
cf. "The Old Cow Died, The (Little Girl)" (form)
File: Arno095

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