Buck-Eye Rabbit

DESCRIPTION: "I wanted sugar very much, I went to Sugar Town, I climbed up in that sugar tree And shook that sugar down. Buck-eye rabbit, Shoo! Shoo!" "I went down to my sweetheart's house... She fed me out of an old hog trough And I don't go there no more"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama)
KEYWORDS: talltale humorous courting
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 120, "Buckeye Rabbit" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 266, "Buck-Eye Rabbit" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6706
File: LoF266

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