Fly Around My Pretty Little Pink- Tennessee Ernie Ford (TN) 1959
[From the album "Gather ground," 1959. This complex arrangement (with horns, multiple singing parts) was taken from various sources (See Sharp; Kincaid) and should not be considered Ford's own traditional song. It does have the Burn's stanza from the 1700s as the second stanza (Kincaid).
R. Matteson 2018]
Fly Around My Pretty Little Pink- sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1959.
Her checks are red as a red, red rose,
Her eyes are diamond brown,
I'm goin' to see my pretty little girl,
Before the sun goes down.
[Chorus] Fly around my pretty little pink,
Fly around my daisy,
Fly around my pretty little pink,
You almost drive me crazy.
[break] [Chorus variation]
I reckon you think, my pretty little pink,
That I can't live without you
But I'll let you know before I go
That I care very little about you.
[Chorus]
Every time I go that road,
It looks so dark and cloudy
every time I see that gal,
I always tell her howdy.
Coffee grows on the white oak trees,
The rivers runs with brandy,
Rocks on the hillside covered with gold
And the girls as sweet as candy. [Chorus]
I'll put my knapsack on my back,
My rifle on my shoulder,
To march right down to Mexico,
And there I'll be a soldier. [Chorus]