Cat. #0410 (MFH #100) - As sung by Mrs. Elsie Jones, Summers, Arkansas on September 23, 1959
VERSE 1
I'll tell you of a fellow
A fellow that I seen
He's neither blue nor yellow
But he's altogether green
He's altogether green
Altogether green
He's neither blue nor yellow
But 'es altogether green
VERSE 2
He wrote me a letter
I'll tell you what was in it
He said, if I did'nt marry 'im
He'd die in a minute
Die in a minute
He'd die in a minute
He said, if I did'nt marry him
He die in a minute
VERSE 3
He showed me th cottage
Down under those trees
An' don't ya think th greenhorn
Got down upon his knees
Got down upon his knees
Got down upon his knees
An' don't ya think th greenhorn
Got down upon his knees
VERSE 4
His name, it isn't Charley
It's only common Bill
He urges me t' marry 'im
But I hardly think I will
I hardly think I will
I hardly think I will
He urges me t' marry him
But I hardly think I will
VERSE 5
One day, he come t' see me
He stayed an' he stayed
I really thought th blockhead
Would never go away
Would never go away
Would never go away
Well, I really thought th blockhead
Would never go away