Sally Went to Preachin'

DESCRIPTION: 'Sally went to preachin', she shouted and she squalled, She got so full religion she tore her stocking heel." "An a git a long home, nega, nega (x3), I'm bound for Shakletown." "Somebody stole my ol' coon dog...." "I'm gonna get some bricks...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: clothes robbery floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 458, "Sally Went to Preachin'" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 458, "Sally Went to Preachin'" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Roud #11796
NOTES [18 words]: This reminds me a lot of "Cindy (I)," but it's hard to tell if they are related based on the Brown text. - RBW
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File: Br3458

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