Three Old Maids on a Saucer Brim- Rogers (Ark.) 1941 Randolph Version H

Three Old Maids on a Saucer Brim- Rogers (Ark.) 1941 Randolph Version H

[Abbreviated title for heading- the actual title sounds like something from Alice in Wonderland or the Beatles "White Album." From Randolph's Ozark Folksongs, Vol. 1, 1946. Clearly this is supposed to be, "Salt-sea Brim" or "salty brim" see Jean Ritchie's Kentucky version, for example. The title: Three Old Maids Walked Around the Salty Brim."

R. Matteson 2014]

H. Three Old Maids on a Saucer Brim- A fragment from Mrs. Dellie Drain, Rogers, Ark., March 14, 1941. Mrs. Drain says the song is called "Three Old Maids on a Saucer Brim."

As they walked around the saucer brim[1],
The old one pushed the young one in.

Sister, sister, lend me a hand,
You may have my house and land,

Neither lend you hand nor glove,
I will marry your true love.

Miller, miller, there swims a swan,
If it ain't a pretty fair one.

The miller threw out his grab hook
And safely drew her to the brook.

1. salty brim or salt-sea brim