Jean Ritchie - Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains

Sourwood Mountain

Chickens a growin' on the Sourwood Mountain
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
So many pretty girls I can't count em'
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day

My true love she live in the lecture
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
She won't come and I won't fetch her
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day

My true love's at the head of the holler'
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
She won't come and I won't foller'
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day

My true love's a blue eyed daisy
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
She won't work and I'm too lazy
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day

Old man, old man, I want your daughter
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
To bake my bread and carry my water
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day

Big dog'll bark and the little one'll bite you
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day
Big girl'll court and the little one'll fight you
hey-dee-ing-dang-diddle-all-a-day



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Writer(s): John Rutter
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Jenny, Put The Kettle On
  2. Go in and Out the Window
  3. The Old Soup Gourd
  4. Among the Little White Daisies
  5. Sally Goodin
  6. Fiddle-I-Fee
  7. Old Bald Eagle Kettle On
  8. Two Dukes A-Riding
  9. Kitty Alone
  10. Love Somebody, yes I Do

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Altri album

  1. False Sir John
  2. Old Bangum
  3. Skin And Bones
  4. Lord Bateman
  5. Two Little Children
  6. The Holy Well
  7. Hangman
  8. Barbara Allen
  9. Soldier Soldier
  10. Carols for All Seasons (Original Album 1959)

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