I've Bin to the 'Bama and I Just Got Back

DESCRIPTION: "I've bin to the 'Bama and I just got back. I didn't bring no money but I brought the sack."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1920 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: money travel
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 498, "I've Bin to the 'Bama and I Just Got Back" (1 fragment)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 498, I've Been to the 'Bama and I Just Got Back" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)

Roud #11765
NOTES [12 words]: Roud lumps this with the "Hesitation Blues." Tough to prove either way. - RBW
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File: Be3498

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