Hannamaria

DESCRIPTION: Hannamaria used to live in singer's town; she weighed 590 pounds. After supper a bunch of fellows get drunk and fight; singer is knocked ten feet into the air, but, "I fell down 'cause Hannamaria." Singer is going home with her; he warns others not to
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (recording, Poplin Family)
KEYWORDS: sex warning fight drink humorous talltale lover
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Poplin Family, "Hannamaria" (on Poplin01)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Hopalong Peter" (theme)
NOTES [49 words]: Very confused story line. The singer picked it up from her father, though, so it has entered tradition in a small way. I suspect minstrel origins. - PJS
And there appears to be another recording, LC 4083 A2, sung by Crockett Ward, though I haven't been able to verify that it is the same song. - RBW
File: RcHanMar

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