Our Singing Country

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	Our Singing Country
	WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, MY GOOD OLD MAN? * /. No. 1546. Hazel Hudson, Hazard, Ky., 1937. See Sh, 2:338.
	1   Woman: So where have you been, my good old man? Oh, where have you been, my honey-lovey dove? So where have you been, my good old man? You're the best old man in the world. Man: Been to the store. 2  Woman: So what did you git me, my good old man? Oh, what did you git me, my honey-lovey dove? So what did you git me, my good old man? You're the best old man in the world. Man: Got you a dress. 3   Woman: How much did it cost, my good old man? etc. Man : Cost five dollars. 4  Woman: Ain't you'fraid it'll break you up? etc. Man: Don't care if it do. 5  Woman: What do you want for your supper? etc. Man: Five bushels of eggs. 6  Woman: Ain't you 'fraid it'll kill you? etc. Man: Don't care if it do. * As arranged by Amadeo de Phillipi this melody was used as the theme of the American School of the Air Series on Folk Music, 1939-40. [128]