You Say Dat You Love Me

DESCRIPTION: "You say that you love me, I say that I love you. Then if yo' love is true, darling, we will be happy... you'll never regret it. What did the jaybird say to the crow? You send snow and I send rain and we will live happy... It ain't gonna rain mo more"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: bird courting love floatingverses
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. 120-121, "You Say Dat You Love Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: NCF162YS

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