Wake Up Boys, the Corn Is a-Falling

DESCRIPTION: Corn-shucking song: "Wake up, boys, the corn is a-falling, The corn is a-falling at the door. Wake up, boys, the corn is a-falling, The corn is a-falling at the door."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad work
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Celia M. Benton, "Corn Shucking in Sampson County," Vol. XXII, No. 4 (Nov 1974), p. 136, "(Wake up boys, the corn is a-falling)" (1 short text, 1 tune)
File: NCF224WB

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