I Went Down to My Girl's House Last Night

DESCRIPTION: "I went down to my girl's house last night, She met me at the door. She knocked me in the head with a rolling pin And I ain't been back no more."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: courting abuse abandonment floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 451, "I Went Down to My Gul's House Last Night" (1 fragment)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 451, "I Went Down to My Gul's House Last Night" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Roud #11785
NOTES [14 words]: Obviously this is a floating fragment. It's not clear what it's floated free of. - RBW
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File: Br3451

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