Sheep Shell Corn by the Rattle of His Horn

DESCRIPTION: "Sheep shell corn by the rattle of his horn, blow, horn, blow, Send to the mill by the whippoorwill." "O! blow your horn, blow, horn, blow" (x2) Verses about life at corn-shucking time and a desire to have done for the day.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: work food animal
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 196, "Sheep Shell Corn by the Rattle of His Horn" (1 text plus 1 fragment and a mention of 1 more)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 196, "Sheep Shell Corn by the Rattle of His Horn" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Celia M. Benton, "Corn Shucking in Sampson County," Vol. XXII, No. 4 (Nov 1974), p. 137, "(Sheep a-shuckin' corn by the sound of his horn" (1 short text, 1 tune))
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Bill Phillips, "The Hollerers from Spivey's Corner," Vol. XXIV, No. 3 (Nov 1976), p. 87, (Cows in the old field, don't you hear the bell)"" (1 text, possibly this and certainly a corn-shucking song)
File: Br3196

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