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THE RAM OF DARBY
d. No. 2358. Tune, John Norman, Munising, Mich., 1938. Text, Pete Harris, Richmond, Texasj Jesse Harris, Livingston, Ala.; Mrs. Minnie Floyd, Murrells Inlet, S.C. j Mrs. Minta Morgan, Bells, Texas. See Hu, p. 273$ Sh, 1:184$ Ga.2, p. 460J PTFLS, No. 5, p. 1575 Be, p. 224, also DidnH He Ramble—Will Handy (sheet music). W. C. Handy says this is an arrangement of a current folk song. |
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i As I went down to Darby-town All on the market day, I saw the biggest ram, sir, That ever fed on hay. |
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Chorus:
Didn't he ramble?
He did ramble,
He did ramble till those butchers cut >im down. |
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