Misc Traditional – Come Ye Missouri Gals (Guitar)

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And listen to my noise,

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Mind how you marry them

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Arkansas boys

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For if you do

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Your portion will be

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Johnny cake and venison’s

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All you’ll see

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Johnny cake and venison’s

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All you’ll see

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They’ll lead you out

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In the Black Jack hills

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They’re so much

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Against your will!

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Leave you there

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For to perish on the place.

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That’s the way

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Of the Arkansas race

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That’s the way

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Of the Arkansas race

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Sandstone chimney

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And a batten door

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Clapboard roof

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And a puncheon floor

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Some gets a little and

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Some gets none,

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That’s the way

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Of the Arkansas run

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That’s the way

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Of the Arkansas run

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When you go in,

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They’ll set you in a chair

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First word they say

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“Daddy shot a deer”

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Next word they say

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After they set down

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“Madam ain’t your Johnny cake

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Baking too brown?”

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“Madam ain’t your Johnny cake

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Baking too brown?”

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When they go to meetin’

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The clothes they wear

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Is an old brown coat

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All tore and bare

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Old white hat

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Without no crown

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Old blue ducking’s

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The whole year round

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Old blue ducking’s

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The whole year round

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Come Arkansas gals,

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Listen to my voice!

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Don’t never marry up

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With them Missouri boys

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For if you do,

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Your portion will be…

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Cornbread and possum

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And sassafras tea

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Cornbread and possum

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And sassafras tea