It Rained a Mist- Caudle (VA) 1933 Gresham B
[From The Jew's Daughter: An Example of Ballad Variation by Foster B. Gresham; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 47, No. 186 (Oct. - Dec., 1934), pp. 358-361 (see the article attached to Recording & Info page).
R. Matteson 2015]
B. It Rained a Mist- Sung by Marie Caudle, second grade, Matoaca School, Chesterfield County, Virginia, February 4, 1933
It rained a mist, it rained a mist,
It rained all over the town.
The little boys came out to play;
They tossed the ball.
They taught him the low and then
They taught him the low high first,
And then he fell in a Jewish yard
Where no one was allowed to go,
Where no one was allowed to go.
There found a pretty maid came to the door,
All dressed in nice fine silk.
She said, "Come in, my little pretty boy."
"I won't come in unless my playmates come too,
Unless my playmates come too."
She showed him a red apple and then
She showed him a red bloody peach, and then
She showed him a diamond ring.
It urge his little heart in, oh in,
It urge his little heart in.
She took him by his little white hand,
She tolled him through the hall;
She took him to her dining room,
Where no one could hear his call,
Where no one could hear his call.
She took a red and white towel
And tied it around his chin,
And then she took a carving knife
And cut his little heart in, oh in,
And cut his little heart in.
"Oh spare my life, oh spare my life, oh spare my life,
Until I am dead;
A pleasant at my feet and a Bible at my head.
If my playmates call for me,
Tell them that I am asleep.
"A pleasant at my feet and
A Bible at my head;
If my mother call for me,
Tell her that I am dead."