Yonder Comes a Georgia Girl

DESCRIPTION: "Yonder comes a (Georgia girl/young man), Don't he look funny? She's got on (a/her father's) roundabout Without a cent of money." "Once I could have married you, Once I could my honey, When you wore your roundabout With a pocket full of money."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida)
KEYWORDS: clothes money courting humorous
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 83, "Yonder Comes a Georgia Girl" (1 text)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #70, "Yonder Comes a Young Man" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5007 and 7884
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss" (floating lyrics) and references there
cf. "Yonder Comes My Love" (theme)
File: Br3083

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