Jimmy Rose

DESCRIPTION: "Jimmy Rose he went to town (x3) To 'commodate the ladies." "Fare ye well, ye ladies all (x3), God Almighty bless you."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Wyeth); 1855-1860 (see Notes re Wyeth)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, p. 100, "Jimmy Rose" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Scott-TheBalladOfAmerica, p. 211, "Jimmy Rose" (1 short text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: John Allen Wyeth, _With Sabre and Scalpel_ (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914 ("Digitized by Internet Archive")), p. 62, "Jimmie Rose" (1 text)
ST SBoA211 (Full)
Roud #11596
NOTES [28 words]: Wyeth learned "Jimmie Rose" from the slave that taught him to make and play the banjo, in Tennessee, around 1855-1856. Wyeth sang and played the song for Scarborough. - BS
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File: SBoA211

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