West Virginia Lad

DESCRIPTION: "I'm a West Virginia lad, raised on ramps and mush and bread, WIth some meat of the rarest, purest kind. I know I am no fool, though I never went to school...." The singer adds additional detail about West Virginia life and girls
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (collected from Roy A. West)
KEYWORDS: home food nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 224-225, "West Virginia Lad" (1 text)
Roud #18827
File: CAFS1224

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