Coochie Coo

DESCRIPTION: "I'll tell you about my love, She's my darling turtle dove, Mary Lize is her name, But she gets there just the same. Oh, coochie, coochie, coochie coo... Cheeks so red and eyes so blue." "I met her at a ten cent show"; they wed; he dislikes mother-in-law
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric), with one copy from a manuscript dated 1907
KEYWORDS: love courting humorous mother beauty
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 87, "Coochie Coo" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #11321
NOTES [29 words]: Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric wonders if this is derived from Monroe H. Rosenfeld's "Kutchy, Kutchy, Coo!" The phrase might be, but it appears to me that the song is different. - RBW
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File: Brne087

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