Emma Been Say

DESCRIPTION: "Emma been say she go wear crippon dress." "She go make up she mind To go weed the young canes."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Elder-FolksongsFromTobago)
KEYWORDS: vanity marriage clothes farming nonballad wife
FOUND IN: West Indies(Tobago)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Elder-FolksongsFromTobago 3, "Emma Been Say" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [43 words]: Elder-FolksongsFromTobago: "... To a young female from the town the custom of women working on the land is often disdainful. To 'weed the young canes' is what she is just not prepared to do. Instead she decides to keep house wearing her 'crippon dress.'" - BS
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File: ElTO003

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