O! Alle! O!
DESCRIPTION: Wheat-cutting song: "Watch me whet my cradle, O! Alle! O!" "I'll make it beat de beater, O! Alle! O!" "Watch me throw my cradle... I'se been all over Georgia... The storm clouds arising..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (White)
KEYWORDS: work nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Darling-NewAmericanSongster, pp. 325-326, "O! Alle! O!" (1 text)
File: DarN325A
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