Bangum and the Boar- G.D. Vowell (KY) 1937 Lomax
BANGUM AND THE BOAR- from G.D. Vowell of Harlan, Kentucky. This was recorded by Alan and Elizbeth Lomax in 1937, and is on the record edited by Bertrand Bronson for the Library of Congress called CHILD BALLADS TRADITIONAL IN THE UNITED STATES, Vol. 1, (L57). Mr. Vowell sings his version unaccompanied.
There's a wild boar in these woods,
Down a dillum down a dillum
There's a wild boar in these woods,
Down a dillum, cuddly down
Caddy-O squam.
He'll eat your meat and he'll drink your blood,
And drag your bones around the woods
Old Bangum drew with his wooden knife
He swore he'd take this wild boar's life,
How is a body to find him?
Down a dillum down a dillum
How is a body to find him?
Down a dillum cuddly down
Caddy-O squam.
Just clap your horn to your mouth
And blow a blast both North and South
Old Bangum clapped his horn to his mouth
And he blew a blast both North and South
The wild boar came with such a dash
The he cut his way through oak and ash
They fought four hours of the day
And at last the wild boar went away
Old Bangum followed him to the mouth of his den
And he saw the bones of a thousand men
He rolled a stone in the mouth of the wild boar's den
To save the life of a thousand men