Wild Hog- Gibson (Virginia) 1931 Davis BB
[From Davis; More Traditional Ballads of Virginia, with music, p. 75, 76. Wild Hog was sung by Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Gibson, of Crozet, Virginia. It was first collected by Fred F. Knobloch on May 1, 1931 and then recorded by A.K. Davis, Jr. on April 13, 1933.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
BB. "WILD HOG"- Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Gibson, of Crozet, Virginia; collected by Fred F. Knobloch on May 1, 1931 and recorded by A.K. Davis, Jr. on April 13, 1933.
There was a wild hog in the woods
Dillum down dillum,
He'll eat your meat, he'll drink your blood,
Come to quarl (quarrel), cuddle down,
Kill de qual, quam.
Old Lanktum went out on the hill,
He blowed his horn both loud and shrill.
That wild hog came in such a dash,
He cut his way through oak and ash,
Old Lanktum followed him to his den,
He found the bones of a thousand men.
Old Lanktum drew his rusty[1] knife,
For to 'prive that wild hog of his life.
1. trusty?