Miss, I Have a Very Fine Farm- Maguire (AR) 1959 Hunter B
[From Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Cat. #0360 (MFH #473)
Listen: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0360
See cover version: O Miss, I Have A Very Fine Farm- As sung by Joan O'Bryant and Max Hunter, University of Arkansas on July 5, 1960https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=523; Cat. #0523 (MFH #473)
Also in Ozark collection: see below
R. Matteson 2017]
O Miss, I Have a Very Fine Farm --sung by Mrs. Lizzie Maguire, Fayettville, Arkansas on June 23, 1959.
VERSE 1
O Miss, I have a very fine farm
Jest sixty acres square
And hit will be at your command
If you will only dwell there
If you will only dwell there
VERSE 2
O Sir, I know your very fine farm
An' also very fine fruit
But you come in and I'll go out
You know a hog will root
You know a hog will root
VERSE 3
O Miss, I have a very fine house
And also very fine yard
An' it will be at your command
If you will only dwell there
If you will only dwell there
VERSE 4
O Sir, I know your very fine house
And also very fine yard
But who will stay with me at night
When you are throwing cards
When you are throwing cards
VERSE 5
O Miss, that's somethin' I never did do
And do not think it's right
And if you will only be my bride
I'll not throw cards at night
I'll not throw cards at night
VERSE 6
O Sir, I know what all this for
It's jest to pull me in
And do you think I'm foolish enough
To marry a barrel of gin
To marry a barrel of gin
VERSE 7
O Miss, I know your very young
And very hard to please
But when your out a shiverin' in th cold
I hope to God you'll freeze
I hope to God you'll freeze
VERSE 8
O Sir, I know I'm very young
And very hard to please
But when I'm out a shiverin' in the cold
I won't have no drunkard to please
I won't have no drunkard to please
VERSE 9
O Miss, I have a very nice mule
That pulls a bucket, so well
I'll drink my liquor and throw my cards
And you can go to hell
An' you can go to hell
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Ozark Collection-- Collected by: James Ward Lee and Ralph E . Roberts for Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by James W ard Lee and Ralph E . Roberts Reel 2 4 2 Item 7 Sung by: Lizzie Maguire Fayetteville, Arkansas August 1, 1958
Oh Miss I Have A Very Fine Farm
Oh Miss I have a very fine farm,
Just sixty acres square,
And it will be at your command,
If you will only dwell there,
If you will only dwell there.
Oh Sir I know your very fine farm,
And also very fine fruit,
But you go in and I'll go out,
You know a hog will root,
You know a hog will root.
Oh Miss I have a very fine house,
And also very fine yard,
And it will be at your command,
If you will only dwell there,
If you will only dwell there.
Oh Sir I know your very fine house,
And also very fine yard,
But who will stay with me at night?
When you are throwing cards,
When you are throwing cards.
Oh Miss that's something I never did do,
I do not think it's right.
And if you'll only be my bride,
I'll not throw cards at night,
I'll not throw cards at night.
Oh Sir I know your very fine yard,
Also very fine well,
But I can marry just who I please,
And you can go to hell,
And you can go to hell.
Oh Miss I know you're very young,
And very hard to please,
But when you're out a shivering in the cold,
I hope to God you'll freeze,
I hope to God you'll freeze.
Oh Sir I know your very fine yard,
And also your very fine home.
But I can marry just who I please.
And you can't do that well,
And you can't do that well.