Rocky Mountain- Rufus Crisp (KY) c.1953 REC
[Collected from Rufus Crisp by RG and posted on Mudcat Discussion Forum. the last stanza is a floater often associated with the song-- see Bertha Beard's version from NC.
R. Matteson 2018]
Rocky Mountain- sung by Rufus Crisp of Allen, KY, about 1953.
1. Rocky mountain, rocky hill
Rocky hill was grassy.
There I met a purty young miss,
Lord but she was sassy.
Chorus: Lord Lord Lord
Lord but she was sassy.
2. How old are you, my purty little miss?
How old are you, my honey?
She answered me "Lord Lord
Be seventeen come Sunday."
Chorus: Lord Lord Lord,
Be seventeen come Sunday."
3. Come go with me my purty little miss
Come go with me, miss Nancy.
She answered me "Lord, Lord
You'd better ask my mammy."
Chorus: Lord Lord Lord,
You'd better ask my mammy."
4. Take my knapsack on my back
Rifle on my shoulder.
Goin' down to New Orleans
Goin' to be a soldier.
Chorus: Lord Lord Lord,
Goin' to be a soldier.