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Molly Baker
Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma.
ARTIST: Joe Crane (Marshall County, Oklahoma) [Thede]
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1930’s
OTHER NAMES: Big Tater SOURCES: Thede; Kuntz, A Fiddler’s Companion
NOTES: A break down with lyrics appearing in Marion Thede’s book, The Fiddle Book, Oak Publication in 1967, p 90.
MOLLY BAKER.
Joe Crane (Marshall County, Oklahoma) [Thede].
Knife and a fork and a great big tater,
Take that pretty girl to be my waiter.
O law, I guess I'll take her,
Take that pretty little Molly Baker.
I had a wife and she was a Quaker,
If she went to sleep the devil couldn't wake her.
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