Lazy Woman- Dunn (TN) 1965 Conway
LAZY WOMAN (Child 277)- Sung by Joe Dunn, April 1965. Collected by George Conway. (The measures without specific note values are sung in a parlando, and vary from stanza to stanza.) tonality: dorian/mixolydian; range: octave + P4
1. This good old man went down to his sheep fold,
Daddle-doo, daddle-doo.
This good oid man went down to his sheep fold.
Clish-clash and a-climbo,
This good old man went down to his sheep fold
And there he found a wether not so very old,
And a lambalum, a lambalum, and amenjego.
2. He hung his wether upon a pin,
He hung his wether upon a pin,
He hung his wether upen a pin,
And two or three jerks off come the skin.
3. He put his wether skin around his wifers back,
He put his wether skin around his wife's back,
He put his wether skin around his wife's back,
And with a hickory he made it crack.
4. You may tell your mammy and daddy and all the rest of your dear kin,
You may tell your mammy and daddy and all the rest of your dear kin.
You may tell your mammy and daddy and all the rest of your dear kin,
I'll do as I please with my wether skin.