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| − | (This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PNG, or PMW, or a MIDI file) Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab for this song is also available | + | (This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PNG, or PMW, or a MIDI file) Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab for this song is also available.<br> |
| − | Weevily Wheat | + | '''Weevily Wheat''' |
| − | From all over. This version collected by RG from an "heroic monotone" named Alan Shulman in 1953. | + | <br>From all over. This version collected by RG from an "heroic monotone" named Alan Shulman in 1953. |
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| − | I don't want none of your weevily wheat | + | <br>I don't want none of your weevily wheat |
| − | I don't want none of your barley, | + | <br>I don't want none of your barley, |
| − | I want some flour and half an hour | + | <br>I want some flour and half an hour |
| − | To bake a cake for Charlie. | + | <br>To bake a cake for Charlie. |
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| − | Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet | + | <br>Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet |
| − | And Charlie, he's a dandy, | + | <br>And Charlie, he's a dandy, |
| − | He loves to hug and kiss the girls | + | <br>He loves to hug and kiss the girls |
| − | And feed them sugar candy. | + | <br>And feed them sugar candy. |
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| − | Over the river and through the trees | + | <br>Over the river and through the trees |
| − | Over the river to Charlie, | + | <br>Over the river to Charlie, |
| − | Over the river to feed my sheep | + | <br>Over the river to feed my sheep |
| − | On buckwheat cakes and barley. | + | <br>On buckwheat cakes and barley. |
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| − | Coffee grows on white oak trees | + | <br>Coffee grows on white oak trees |
| − | Rivers flow with brandy, | + | <br>Rivers flow with brandy, |
| − | + | <br>'ve got a pretty little blue-eyed gal | |
| − | + | S<br>weet as 'lasses candy. | |
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| − | Mama's gone to Harlem town | + | <br>Mama's gone to Harlem town |
| − | Papa's gone to Dover, | + | <br>Papa's gone to Dover, |
| − | Sister's wore her slippers out | + | <br>Sister's wore her slippers out |
| − | A-kickin Charlie over. | + | <br>A-kickin Charlie over. |
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| − | Take her by her lily-white hand | + | <br>Take her by her lily-white hand |
| − | Lead her like a pigeon, | + | <br>Lead her like a pigeon, |
| − | Make her dance the weevily wheat | + | <br>Make her dance the weevily wheat |
| − | 'Til she loses her religion. | + | <br>'Til she loses her religion. |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | Recorded by Raphael Boguslav Another version sung by Gordon Bok RG | + | <br>Recorded by Raphael Boguslav Another version sung by Gordon Bok RG |
Latest revision as of 11:16, 5 October 2008
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(This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PNG, or PMW, or a MIDI file) Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab for this song is also available.
Weevily Wheat
From all over. This version collected by RG from an "heroic monotone" named Alan Shulman in 1953.
I don't want none of your weevily wheat
I don't want none of your barley,
I want some flour and half an hour
To bake a cake for Charlie.
Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet
And Charlie, he's a dandy,
He loves to hug and kiss the girls
And feed them sugar candy.
Over the river and through the trees
Over the river to Charlie,
Over the river to feed my sheep
On buckwheat cakes and barley.
Coffee grows on white oak trees
Rivers flow with brandy,
've got a pretty little blue-eyed gal
S
weet as 'lasses candy.
Mama's gone to Harlem town
Papa's gone to Dover,
Sister's wore her slippers out
A-kickin Charlie over.
Take her by her lily-white hand
Lead her like a pigeon,
Make her dance the weevily wheat
'Til she loses her religion.
Recorded by Raphael Boguslav Another version sung by Gordon Bok RG
