Ole Lady, All Bones

Cat. #0390 (MFH #475) - As sung by Sid Ashcrist, Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 19, 1959

VERSE 1
There was an ole woman
All skin an' bones

VERSE 2
She went to church
She went alone

VERSE 3
When she got to th style
She decided she would rest a little while

VERSE 4
When she got to th door
She decided she would rest a little more

VERSE 5
When she got to th pew
Th corpse she did view

VERSE 6
Said the ole woman to th parson,
(The singer screamed like hell)

Sid was in Fayetteville when he sang this and said, he learned it from an old man there.

VARIANTS:
1330 Little Ole Woman

OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: I-69 The Skin And Bone Woman
Belden: p. 502 Old Woman All Skin And Bone
Brown: III-139 Old Woman All Skin And Bone


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