I Came Home- Lewis (OH) 1950s Grimes; Bronson No. 9;
[My title, replacing 'Our Goodman". No date given.]
Anne Grimes, Ohio folksinger and scholar, died at the age of ninety-one in 2004 while working on her book, Stories from the Anne Grimes collection of American folk music. Summary: "Traveling along the highways and byways of Ohio in the 1950s as a folksinger and collector of traditional music, Anne Grimes encountered people from many different backgrounds who opened up their homes to her to share their most precious family heirlooms-their songs. She recorded these treasures for posterity and further preserved them through her lectures and recitals.
I Came Home (Our Goodman)- Lewis (OH) 1950s Grimes; Bronson No. 9; Mrs. Emma Lewis, of Vinton and Meigs County, Ohio
LC/AAFS, rec. No. 11,457(B8). Collected Anne Grimes.
1. I came home from town last night, was drier [1] than I could be,
I saw a man in my house, where I ought to be.
I went to my wife and asked her if she
Knew who that man was in my house where I ought to be.
Says, "You old fool, you crazy fool, have you got no sense at all?
It's nothing but the milkman came to bring my milk (to me.) [2]
2. And I came home another night and what did I see?
I saw a man in my bed, where I had ought to be.
I went to my wife and I asked her if she
Knew who was that man in my bed where I had ought to be.
Why, you old fool, you darned fool, ain't y' got no sense at all?
That's nothing but a doll baby my mother gave me last Fall.
(ends in laughter)
1. drunker
2. Bronson has: (? 'ave gone)