Yaller Gal, The

DESCRIPTION: In praise of the power of the yaller gal: "It takes a long, tall yaller gal To make a preacher lay his Bible down. It takes a long, tall yaller gal To make a bulldog break his chain." "I got a long, tall yaller gal On do road somewhere."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: seduction clergy nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 450, "The Yaller Gal" (2 fragments plus a brief World War I (?) parody about making Germans surrender)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 450, "The Yaller Gal" (2 tunes plus text excerpts, one for the song and the other for the paroty)
Roud #11784
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Yallow Gal" (theme)
File: Br3450

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