Paw-Paw Patch, The

DESCRIPTION: Playparty, with lyrics such as "Where oh where is pretty little (Susie/Liza/Nellie) (x3)? Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch." "Pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets." "Come along, boys, and let's go see her...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Wolford-ThePlayPartyInIndiana)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad courting campsong
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW,SE,So)
REFERENCES (11 citations):
Wolford-ThePlayPartyInIndiana, pp. 101-102=Wolford/Richmond/Tillson-PlayPartyInIndiana, pp. 205-206, "Way Down in the Paw Paw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 218-219, "Pawpaw Patch" (1 text 1 tune)
Randolph 553, "Paw-Paw Peeling" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #115, "The Pawpaw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty, pp. 151-152, "The Paw-Paw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 46, "The Paw-Paw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Thomas/Leeder-SinginGatherin, pp.10-11, "Paw-Paw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 391, "Paw-Paw Patch" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 130, 259, "Picking Up Paw Paws" (notes only)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 4, "Down in the Taro Patch" (1 text, which I suspect is rewritten)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 20, "Paw-Paw Patch" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5038
RECORDINGS:
Group of children, "The Paw Paw Patch" (on JThomas01)
Judy Cook, "The Paw-Paw Patch" (Piotr-Archive #322, recorded 11/02/2022)
Pete Seeger, "Paw Paw Patch" (on PeteSeeger22)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Where Is Old Elijah? (The Hebrew Children)" (tune & meter)
cf. "Going to Boston" (lyrics)
File: R553

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