Go 'Way From Mah Window

DESCRIPTION: Woodchopping song: "Go 'way from mah window, Go 'way from mah door, Go 'way from mah bedside, Don't you tease me no mo'." "Go 'way in de springtime, Come back in de fall, Bring you back mo' money Dan we bofe can haul."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: work separation
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 439, "Go 'Way from My Window" (1 text)
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, p. 377, "Go 'Way F'om Mah Window" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, p. 198, "Go Way f'om Mah Window" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wolfe/Boswell-FolkSongsOfMiddleTennessee 91, pp. 143-144, "Go Away from My WIndow" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #11017
File: San377

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