336 When I Was a Little Boy, I Lived at Market Square
"When I Was a Little Boy, I Lived at Market Square.' Sung by Mrs. James
York. From a previous recording by Dr. W. A. Abrams, probably at Boone;
no date given. The last line of this stanza cannot be found in any of the other
versions. Cf. FSS 212, No. 42, 'Logan County Court House,' and OFS 11 36-7,
No. 135E, 'Logan County Jail'; CS 254 and 310; FSSH 329-30.
When I was
lit - tie boy, I lived at mar - ket square.
I went out on the sea - cliff to learn to rob and
steal. When I made a big haiil how hap - py I did
feel, Way down a-round the moun-tains, five hun-dred miles or more.
Scale: Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: abb^ai (4,4,4,4).