Don't Tell Little Lulu

DESCRIPTION: "Don't you tell little Lulu what road you left me on, Though she be ridin' ridin', I'll be gone on home.... Look over here and wonder wonder, Lulu see me, fall fall from my shoulder from me knees on down, I am on a new cut road, Don't write me li'l Lulu"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: separation reunion
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Portia Naomi Crawford, "A Study of Negro Folk Songs from Greensboro, North Carolina and Surrounding Towns," Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Oct 1968), pp. 96-97, "Don't Tell Little Lulu" (1 text, 1 tune, which looks like a blues variation on a theme rather than a coherent song)
File: NCF162G

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