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322 Indiana University Publications, Folklore Series
76 SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN
According1 to Cox, the incident commemorated by this American folksong occurred at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, in 1761, the song being composed soon after. For other texts, under many different titles, see Belden's Missouri collection; Campbell and Sharp, II, 166; Cox, p. 292; Hudson, Folksongs, p. 184; Journal, XIII, 107; XXII, 366; XXIX, 188; XXXV, 515; XLIV, 116; XLV, 176; XLIX, 263; Pound, No. 42; PTFLS, VI, 210; Shoemaker, p. 126; BFSSNE, II, 10; III, 20; V, 14-15; VII, 4-5; VIII, 3-6; IX, 8-10; X, 8-8; Henry, Songs Sung in the Southern Appalachians, p. 223.
"Down in the Meadow." Communicated by Mrs. Oda Dearing, of Oakland City, Indiana. Gibson County. July 19, 1935.
1. Johnnie went down in the meadow for to mow; A poison snake bit him on the toe.
To-do-ray, to-do-ray, to-do-ray, ro-do-ray.
2. "O Johnnie dear, what made you go
Down in the meadow for to mow?"
3. "Why, Sally dear, I thought you knowed
It was father's hay and it had to be mowed." |
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