Willowbee

DESCRIPTION: "O now we willowbee, O willowbee, O willowbee, O now we willowbee All night long." "O come through the silence." "O dancin' down the alley. "O skipping down the alley, All night long." "O singing down the alley."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1944 (Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth, pp. 14-17, "Willowbee" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
NOTES [58 words]: Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth treats this as two separate songs, with different words and music. But the tunes are almost identical, the idea of the songs is the same, and they're both playparties. I would consider them the same. Sadly, Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth does not indicate a source, and I know no other "Willowbee" songs. - RBW
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File: TrJo014

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