Old Bald Eagle

DESCRIPTION: "(Old/Big) bald eagle sailing 'round, day I's gone (x2)." "Lead her up and lead her down, day I's gone (x2)." "Backward and forward across the floor." "Sailing round Maggie, sailing found." "Just keep swinging till you get done."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Skean-CircleLeft-FolkPlayOfKentuckyMountains)
KEYWORDS: playparty bird food animal
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Skean-CircleLeft-FolkPlayOfKentuckyMountains, pp. 34-35, "Big Bal' Eagle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 265, "Old Bald Eagle" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #3425
RECORDINGS:
Patricia Campbell, "Old Bald Eagle" (Piotr-Archive #225, recorded 09/05/2022)
Fran Hendrickson, "Old Bald Eagle" (Piotr-Archive #287, recorded 10/07/2022, with words so quiet that I cannot really tell what they are, but it's probably this)
NOTES [34 words]: Roud lumps this with the "Bald Eagle" text in Roberts, but I think them only faintly related at best; I have split them. The Sharp text is too short to identify, but the form implies it belongs here. - RBW
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File: Skea035

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