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Hard Times in Ol Virginia
as led by Barry Finn on Fathom This © 2007 |
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My ol' Missus is a rich ol' lady, Hard times in ol' Virginia! Seven servants all around her table, Hard times in ol' Virginia!
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
My ol' Missus is a rich ol' lady,
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
My ol' Missus, now she promised me,
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
My ol' Missus, now she grow so old,
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
Go to the well, gonna draw some water,
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
Get some corn, lay it down by the fire,
Oh, in ol' Virginia,
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| Recorded on the Georgia Sea Island Singers CD in the Lomax's Southern Journey collection Earliest Times vol. 13. Lydia Parrish, in her Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands refers to her version as a combination of the shanty Hard Times in Old Virginny, the religious song Aye Lord, Budding on the Fig Tree, and the dance song My Ole Missus Promise Me. |