Dandoo- Proffitt (NC) 1937 Abrams, Brown C, Warner
[This version was sent into Abrams by Frank Proffitt (1913-1965) and appeared in the Brown collection as version C without the complete text. Frank Warner collected it from Proffitt in 1938 at his first meeting with him-- surprisingly with a different first verse and an added last verse.]
Abrams Classification: Title-- Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin, Variant 1, Copy
Geographic Location Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina
Associated Date 1937-08
Dandoo- Sung and written by Frank Proffitt of Sugar Grove, N. C., August, 1937 Abrams Collection
This good little man come in at noon
Dandoo, dandoo.
This good little man come in at noon,
Have you got my dinner soon,
(Chorus) To my highland, to my lowland,
To my crish crash, to my clingo.
There's a little piece of bread a-laying on the shelf,
Dandoo, dandoo,
There's a little piece of bread a-laying on the shelf,
If you want it just git it yourself (Chorus)
This good little man went to his sheep pen,
Dandoo, dandoo,
This good little man went to his sheep pen,
Down with a wether and off with her skin (Chorus)
He laid the hide all on her back,
Dandoo, dandoo.
He laid her hide all on her back
The way he made that old hide crack (Chorus)
I'll tell my father and all my kin,
Dandoo, dandoo,
I'll tell my father and all my kin,
How you dress your mutton skin (Chorus)
You can tell your father and your brothers too,
Dandoo, dandoo,
You can tell your father and your brothers too,
What a whipping I give you (Chorus).
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Brown Collection- version C (also Music from Brown Volume 4)
C. 'Dandoo.' Record on a wax cylinder of text and music from the singing of Frank Proffitt of Sugar Grove, Watauga county, made in 1937. Substantially the same as the preceding except for the refrain, which runs as in the following opening stanza:
This good little man come in at noon
Dandoo, dandoo
This good little man come in at noon:
'Have you got my dinner soon?'
To my highland, to my lowland.
To my crish crash, to my clingo.
C. 'Dandoo.' Sung by Frank Proffitt, with guitar. Recorded at Sugar Grove, Watauga county, in 1937. The motive of a descending fourth is quite in evidence here, as it is in all of our versions.
For melodic relationship cf. **SharpK I 271, No. 39B, measures 1-4; FSF 322, No. 172, measures 1-2. Scale: Tetratonic (2,4), plagal. Tonal Center: g. Structure aba1a2a1b1 (2,2,2, 2,2,2) =: aba1 (4,4,4).
2 He laid the hide all on her back,
Dandoo, dandoo.
He laid the hide all on her back
And the way he made that hick'ry crack
To my highland, to my lowland.
To my crish crash, to my clingo.
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Dan Doo- Sung by Frank Proffitt 1938 collected by Frank Warner w/music
Oh a good little man come in from the plow
Dan Doo, Dan Doo.
This good little man come in from the plow,
Have you got my dinner now?
(Chorus) To my highland, to my lowland,
To my crish crash, to my clingo.
There's a little piece of bread a-laying on the shelf,
Dandoo, dandoo,
There's a little piece of bread a-laying on the shelf,
If you want hit, just get hit yourself (Chorus) [1]
Little man went to his sheep pen,
Dandoo, dandoo,
Little man went to his sheep pen,
Down with a wether and off with his skin (Chorus)
Little man went out behind the barn,
Dandoo, dandoo,
Little man went out behind the barn,
Cut a hickory stick as long as his arm(Chorus)
He laid the hide all on her back,
Dandoo, dandoo.
He laid her hide all on her back
That way he made the hickory crack [2](Chorus)
"I'll tell my father and all my kin,"
Dandoo, dandoo,
"I'll tell my father and all my kin,
How you dress your muttonskin!" (Chorus)
You can tell your father and your brothers too,
Dandoo, dandoo,
You can tell your father and your brothers too,
What a whippin' I give you (Chorus).
Next day little man come in from the plow
Dan Doo, Dan Doo.
Next day little man come in from the plow,
Seh met him at the door says, "You're dinner's ready now."
2. or: He made the stick go whickety-whack