Sundown

DESCRIPTION: Courting song, with the chorus "It's nearly sundown, sundown/Sun is almost down/Bound away to leave you, 'fore the sun goes down..." Verses begin with "Hi, my little darling"; singer promises to bring his girl back a ribbon to tie around her waist
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: courting parting nonballad playparty lover
FOUND IN: US
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. 106-107, "I'm Goin' to See My Darlin" (1 short text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Art Thieme, "Sundown" (onGetFolked) (on Thieme04)
NOTES [57 words]: I suspect this is related to the song "Hurry Sundown," and I'm guessing that it's a playparty. - PJS
The NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, from Harvey Reeves, consists of little more than repeats of the line "I'm going to see my darling before the sun goes down"; it may be a separate song, but it can hardly file on its own, so I'm putting it here.
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File: RcSundow

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