Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy

DESCRIPTION: "With a merry little jog and a gay little song, (Spoken: Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy!), We trudge our way the whole day long... We'll reach Salt Lake some day or bust." The singer thinks of the girl up ahead and the dances along his journey
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (recording, L. M. Hilton)
KEYWORDS: travel courting dancing nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 172, "Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fife/Fife-CowboyAndWesternSongs 21, "Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 11-12, "Whoa, Haw, Buck and Jerry Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, WHOAHAW
Roud #6692
RECORDINGS:
L. M. Hilton, "Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy" (on Hilton01)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Turkey in the Straw" (portions of tune)
File: LoF172

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