Ha, Ha, Ha

DESCRIPTION: Refrain: "Ha, Ha, Ha! Don't you hear me now?/The Black horse calverns are coming...." Verse: "When the war is ended the boys will see their fun/They'll march through the South with their ladies... And I'll raise me some little Union babies"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Cecil Sharp collection)
LONG DESCRIPTION: Refrain: "Ha, Ha, Ha! Don't you hear me now?/The Black horse calverns are coming/The ladies in the town, they think they're mighty gown/The hoopskirts they are a-flowing/It takes 40 yards of alapac to cover up the hoops/and to cover up the happy land of money." Verse: "When the war is ended the boys will see their fun/They'll march through the South with their ladies/I'll march mine through some Southern Union clime/And I'll raise me some little Union babies"
KEYWORDS: army Civilwar clothes nonballad nonsense children lover soldier
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1861-1865 - American Civil War
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 150, "Ha, Ha, Ha" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3638
NOTES [6 words]: Eat your heart out, Uncle Dave. - PJS
File: ShAp2150

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