The Jew's Garden- Parker (AR) 1958 Max Hunter
[From The Max Hunter Folksong Collection.
R. Matteson 2013, 2015]
The Jew's Garden- As sung by Mrs. Allie Long Parker, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on July 10, 1958; Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0184
VERSE 1
It rained one day, in ole Scotland
As hard as the rain could fall
An' all the boys of our town
Were out a playing ball, ball, ball
Were out a playing ball
VERSE 2
They threw their ball so swift and high
They threw their ball so low.
They threw their ball in a Jew's garden
Where there they dare not go, go, go,
Where there they dare not go.
VERSE 3
The Jew's daughter came walking out
Dressed up in silk, so gay.
Saying, "Come in, come in, my pretty little boy
And get your ball away, way, way,
And get your ball away."
VERSE 4
"I cain't come in, I won't come in
Without my playmates all
Or without the leave of my Mother, so dear
You'd cause my heart's blood to fall, fall, fall
You'd cause my heart's blood to fall."
VERSE 5
She shew him an apple as green as grass
She shew him a gay gold ring.
She shew him a cherry as red as a plum
To entice this little boy in, in, in,
To entice this little boy in.
VERSE 6
She took him by the lily white hand
An' led him 'cross the hall.
An' with a broad sword cut off his head
An' kicked it against the wall, wall, wall,
An' kicked it against the wall.
VERSE 7
She threw him in a new drawn well
Jest fifty-five feet deep
With a catechism at his head
An' a Bible at his feet, feet, feet
An' a Bible at his feet
VERSE 8
Dear Mother, dear Mother, don't weep for me
For I have gone to sleep.
If you'll come here at ten o'clock
You'll find me in the deep, deep, deep
You'll find me in the deep.