Fly Around- Otis Kuykendall (NC) 1939 Brown C
[From Brown Collection of NC Folklore, Volume 3, 1952. Stanza 1 found in Liza Jane, Stanza 3 Bile Dem Cabbage Down and Stanza 4 Gypsy Davy.
R. Matteson 2018]
C. [Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss] Contributed in 1939 by Otis Kuykendall of Asheville. The penultimate stanza appears in various songs of the mountain folk.
The stormy clouds are rising,
It sure looks like rain.
Hitch up Mike and Charlie, boys
And drive little Liza Jane.
CHORUS: Fly around my pretty little miss,
Fly around my daisy,
Fly around, my pretty little miss,
You almost run me crazy.
Went up to the mountain top,
Gave my horn a blow.
Thought I heard somebody say,
Yonder comes my beau.
You may ride the grey horse
And I will ride the roan;
You may court the other girl,
But leave mine alone.