Old Miss Ruckett

DESCRIPTION: "Old Miss Ruckett she done kicked the bucket And gone to heaven above, Sitting up there on the topmost bough Singing like a turtle dove."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: death music
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 127, "Old Miss Ruckett" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #11395
File: Brne127

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