Saint Jonah

DESCRIPTION: "I sent Saint Jonah, I sent him down to the field ah, To see about his horses ah, I had to go after him ah, And you reckon where he as at ah?" He is on a log, playing a corn stalk fiddle and with the singer's wife's big toe
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: music worker
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 171, "Saint Jonah" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11363
File: Brne171

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