Cat. #0324 (MFH #429) - As sung by Mr. Fred High, High, Arkansas on February 11, 1959
VERSE 1
Come, all you Missouri girls
Come, listen to my noise
I don't want you to marry
Those Arkansas boys
Fer if you do
Th poition will be
Cold johnny cake an' vinsom, all you'll see
Cold johnny cake an' vinsom, all you'll see
VERSE 2
When they go a courtin'
Guess what they wear
Th ole woolen shirts
All pitched with tar
Th ole cotton socks
They wore th winter 'round
Th ole leather hat more brim than crown
Th ole leather hat more brim than crown
VERSE 3
When you go in
They'll set you a chair
Th first word they say,
Daddy killed a deer
Th next word they say
After they set down
Madam, ain't your johnny cake a baking to brown
Madam, ain't your johnny cake a baking to brown
VERSE 4
They'll build you a house
On yonders hill
Will take you there
Against your will
An' leave you there
To perish on th place
An' that's th way o' th ole Arkansas race
An' that's th way o' th ole Arkansas race