Levee Camp Holler

DESCRIPTION: "We git up in de mornin' so dog-gone soon, Cain'[t] see nothin' but de stars and moon. Um...." An enumeration of typical travails in a hard day behind a team of mules.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (Lomax)
KEYWORDS: poverty work hardtimes
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Botkin-TreasuryMississippiRiverFolklore, p. 569, "Levee Camp Holler" (1 text (composite, from Lomax), 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 49-52, "Levee Camp 'Holler'" (1 text, obviously composite, 1 tune)
Jackson-WakeUpDeadMan, pp. 67-70, "I Can Buckle a Wheeler" (2 texts, 2 tunes, both probably the same as one of the composite parts of Lomax's "Levee Camp Holler"; the "A" text also contains a large part of "Mule Skinner Blues")
Roud #15580
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Roustabout Holler"
cf. "Steel Laying Holler"
ALTERNATE TITLES:
I Worked Old Moll
File: BMRF569

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