Rab

DESCRIPTION: "Rab, Rab, Lead off, head! Come by, ladies, come by! Hit him in the head with a pone of bread... Pretty little girl to go with me... I'm gonne leave old Tennessee!... Rabbit soup's not good to eat... Rabbit soup'll rot your teeth."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (McDowell/McDowell, Folk Dances of Tennessee, according to Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty)
KEYWORDS: playparty food animal
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty, p. 157, "Rab" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Spurg157

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