Corn Shucking Song

DESCRIPTION: "Cowboy on middle the island, ho, meleety, ho! (x2)" "Missus eat the green persimmon." "Mouth all drawed up in a pucker." "Stayed so till she went to supper."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (Putnam's Monthly)
KEYWORDS: work nonballad food slave
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Darling-NewAmericanSongster, p. 325, "Corn Shucking Song" (1 text)
File: DarNS325

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