Fly Around- Sheila Kay Adams (NC) 1976 REC
[From Digital Appalachia; http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/Warren/id/1663/rec/22
R. Matetson 2018]
Description Sheila Kay Adams sings and plays the banjo for a ballad singing class at Warren Wilson College. Sheila learned her ballads from her relatives, primarily from her great-aunt, Dellie Chandler Norton. Sheila is from Madison County, North Carolina.
Fly Around- Sheila Kay Adams of Madison, NC on September 6, 1976 at Swannanoa, NC.
[instrumental banjo]
CHORUS: Fly around my pretty little miss,
Fly around my daisy,
Fly around my pretty little miss,
You almost drive me crazy.
[instrumental banjo]
The higher up the cherry tree,
The riper grows the cherry,
The more you hug and kiss the girls,
The sooner they will marry. CHORUS:
If I had no horse at all
You'd find me up a-crawlin'
Up and down that rocky road
Tying to find for my darlin'. CHORUS:
Went to see my girl last night,
Dressed all in red,
Every time I looked down at her,
And I wished my wife was dead. CHORUS:
Last winter I plowed one more [ ]
This winter I plow ol' muley
Hand me down my [ ]
And I'll go home with youly. CHORUS: