Share 'Em

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, I din' ka' how you share (shear?) 'em So you share 'em eben; Share yo' sheep and blankets -- Share 'em, share 'em, share 'em! If you want er see dem pretty gals, Look on Mon'lyn's Baniel."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: sheep
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 510, "Share 'Em" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 510, "Share 'Em" (1 tune, with no text; Schinhan observes that it does not fit the text)
Roud #5005
NOTES [28 words]: Roud lumps this with Morris's "Shear Um," probably because they both seem to be fragments about shearing, but I can't see much actual similarity, so I split them. - RBW
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File: Br3510

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