How I Love Them Pretty Yellow Gals

DESCRIPTION: "How I love them pretty yaller gals, One named Becky and the other named Sal. Soon there'll be a wedding in the cottage over yonder, And I'll be happy evermore. Soon there'll be great times dancing In the kitchen on the floor."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: love marriage dancing
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 744, "How I Love Them Pretty Yellow Gals" (1 short text, 1 tune)
NOTES [33 words]: The description is based on the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5. Schinhan suggests that this is a minstrel song, which seems likely enough, but I can't find a published source. - RBW
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File: BrS5744

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