Uh, uh, No- Lannis Sutton (OK) 1951 Eskin
[From: Lomax, Folk Songs of North America (1960) p. 314. Also was published as "All Her Answers to Me were No" in Botkin, Treasury of Western Folklore pp. 597-598. This is the version used by Peggy Seeger for her arrangement in 1955. The last two stanzas are from "Johnson Boys."
R. Matteson 2017]
Uh, uh, No- sung by Lannis Sutton of Doxie, Oklahoma. Collected by Sam Eskin on January 14, 1951..
Madam, I have come for to court you
Your affection for to gain,
If you'll give me good attention,
Perhaps I'll come twice more again."
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
"Madam I've got gold and silver,
Madam I have a house and land
Madam I have a world of plenty,
It'll be yours at your command."
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
What care I for your gold and silver,
What care I for your house and land
What care I for your world of plenty,
All I want is a handsome man."
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
Madam you want for to dote on beauty,
Beauty is a thing that'll fade away,
Gather a red rose in the morning,
Then by noon it'll fade away.
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
The ripest apple will soon grow rotten
The warmest love will soon grow cold
A young man's promise is soon forgotten
Pray little miss, don't be so bold.
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
The Texas boys they ain't the fellers
They don't know how to court the girls,
Turn their backs and hide their faces
That ain't the way of the big wide world.
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."
But the Arkansas they're the fellers
They know how to court a girl,
Hug them a lot and kiss them a-plenty
This is the pretty way of the world.
CHORUS: "Uh-uh no, no sir no,
All her answers to me were no."