24A. Joe Bowers- Williams (WV) 1927
24A - JOE BOWERS*
Contributed by Mrs. Flora A. Williams, Wheeling, Ohio County, January, 1927. Learned from her father, Mr. Samuel. B. Williams, who had it from community sources. An imperfect text in five stanzas. Communioated by Mr. John .A. Moore.
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In 24A, tho ms. is the sourco for the several minor disorepancies botween the regular text and tbat given with the nueic (Herzog). The dlfferenco in the mueio between the second and third line ("d" for "e") is ln the original manuscript (Cox).
My name it is Joe Bowors and I have a brothor Ike,
And I'm just from old Missouri and all the wy by plke,
Sow I tell you why I left thore and why I began to roan,
And to leave my poor old mammy so far away from homo.
* text fragmentary