Georgie- Devlin (NJ) c.1938 Lomax REC; BK
[Text with music from Never Without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952 by Katharine D. Newman; recorded by Lomax.
R. Matteson 2013, 2016]
Georgie- Devlin (NJ) c.1938 Lomax REC; BK
Oh Georgie was born of a high degree,
And he never murdered any,
But he stole sixteen of the King's reindeers
And sold them in Virginia.[1]
Oh Georgie was hung with a silken cord
Such cords there were not many,
For he who came of a high degree,
And loved a royal Anna.
1. Virginny? to rhyme; also sung: And sold them in Geneva