Ginseng Blues

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "You can't read my mind. When you think I'm loving you I'm quitting you all the time." Singer has a girl in Georgia, one in Dixie, his home's in Carolina but he's got two children in Georgia.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: infidelity sex bragging rambling nonballad lover children
FOUND IN:
Roud #10620
RECORDINGS:
Kentucky Ramblers, "Ginseng Blues" (on StuffDreams1)
NOTES [38 words]: The Kentucky Ramblers' track follows each chorus with a yodel. The title is from the first verse: "I ain't going to dig no ginseng, I ain't going to hunt no crow, Ain't going to do a doggone thing but love my dear sweet mama." - BS
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File: RcGinsBl

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