Way Down Yonder- Nancy Trivette (KY) 1936 B. Owens
[My title, replacing the "Shady Grove" title. From: Songs of the Cumberlands by Bess Alice Owens in The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 49, No. 193 (Jul. - Sep., 1936), pp. 215-242.
Since the title, "Shady Grove," represents a different song and may have been randomly assigned by the collector and probably was not a local title, I've changed the title to the opening words.
R. Matteson 2018]
Way Down Yonder (Shady Grove)- From Miss Nancy Trivette, Jonancy (Pike County) Kentucky before 1936.
Way down yonder in a shady grove,
Where the river runs deep and muddy,
There I met my pretty little miss,
There I met my honey.
"What's your name, my pretty little miss?
What's your name, my honey?"
She answered me with a te-he-he,
"My name's Easter Sunday."
"How old are you, my pretty little miss?
How old are you, my honey?"
She answered me with a te-he-he,
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday."
"Will you walk with me, my pretty little miss?
Will you walk with me, my honey?"
She answered me with a te-he-he,
"I'll walk with anybody."
"Will you marry me, my pretty little miss?
Will you marry me, my honey?"
She answered me with a te-he-he,
"I'll marry anybody."