As I Stepped O'er the Pumpkin Vine

DESCRIPTION: "As I stepped over the pumpkin vine, um-hum, As I stepped over.... The ducks chew tobacco and the geese drank wine." "Her hair was black and her eyes were blue..." "But now I am so very old... To court the girls, 'tis rather bold."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa))
KEYWORDS: courting age bird drugs
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa 72, p. 136, "As I Stepped O'er the Pumpkin Vine" (1 text)
NOTES [24 words]: This looks like it was probably based on "Frog Went A-Courting," but Swan does not mention this, so there is no way to prove it without a tune. - RBW
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File: SBMS136

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