That's a Mighty Pretty Motion

DESCRIPTION: "That's a mighty pretty motion, dee, di, dee (x3), Rise, Sugar, rise." "That's a mighty poor motion." [Or] "That's a very pretty motion, tra, la lut" (x3), Rise, sugar, rise."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (transcription of a recording by Emma Dusenberry)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth, pp. 22-23, "That's a Mighty Pretty Motion" (2 texts, 1 tune)
MidwestFolklore, Ed Cray, "Some Rarities from Arkansas"," Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1959) p. 29, "Bounce the Cymblin" (1 text, which, despite the odd title, appears to be this)
Roud #11613
File: TrJo022

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