Watch that Lady

DESCRIPTION: "I been all around my last time, last time, last time, I been all around my last time. Young lady hold the key. Just watch that young lady how she hold that key (x2). Young lady, hold the key."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (recording, children of Lilly's Chapel School)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE) West Indies
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Courlander-NegroFolkMusic, p. 158, "(Watch That Lady)" (1 text); pp. 278-279, "Just Watch That Lady" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Harold Courlander, _A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore_, Crown Publishers, 1976, pp. 536-537, "Watch That Lady" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11006
RECORDINGS:
Children of Lilly's Chapel School, "Watch That Lady" (on NFMAla6)
File: CNFM158

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