If He'd Be a Buckaroo

DESCRIPTION: "If he'd be a buckaroo by his trade, I'd have him a hondo ready-made... He can scratch my hondo every night, WIth his ring ting tinny...." Similarly for other occupations: "If he'd be a preacher/sheepherder/sailor by his trade...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (collected from Blaine Stubblefield)
KEYWORDS: work worker love sex
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 249-250, "If He'd Be a Buckaroo" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3586
File: LoSi249

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