Virginia Lived down in Treoqueen

DESCRIPTION: "Virginia lived down in Treoqueen, Married a Baltimore boy who was long and lean." Sam two-times her; she declares, "You thought I was blind but now I see" -- and admits to having an "off-side man [whp] keeps his light-house on the sea."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Henry, collected from Ray Bohanan)
KEYWORDS: infidelity humorous
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Henry-SongsSungInTheSouthernAppalachians, p. 17, "Virginia Lived down in Treoqueen" (1 text)
NOTES [30 words]: I strongly suspect that this was learned, perhaps indirectly, from a recording (this based on the "hip" euphemisms and the stanza form), but I can't locate a probably original. - RBW
File: MHAp17

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