I Came Home- Adams (NC) pre1976 REC
This recording features Sheila Kay Adams singing a cappela to a ballad singing class at Warren Wilson College. Sheila learned these ballads from her relatives, primarily from her great-aunt, Dellie Chandler Norton. This song is occasionally sung with three or five verses, thus changing the title. Sheila is from Madison County, North Carolina.
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I came home the other night,
As drunk as I could be,
I saw a horse in the stable
Where my horse ought to be.
Said, "Come here, little wifie,
Explain yourself to me.
Why (is) the horse in the stable
Where my horse ought to be?"
You blind fool, you drunk old fool,
Can't you plainly see?
It's only a milk-cow
Your granny sent to me.
Well I've travelled this wide world
A thousand times or more;
But a saddle on a milk-cow
I ain't never seen before.
2. I came home the other night,
As drunk as I could be,
Saw a hat on the rack
Where my hat ought to be.
Said, Come here, little wifie,
Explain yourself to me.
Why (is) the hat on the rack
Where my hat ought to be?
You blind fool, you drunk old fool,
Can't you plainly see?
It's only a dishrag
Your granny sent to me.
I've travelled this wide world
A thousand times or more;
But a J. B. Stetson dishrag
I ain't never seen before.
3. I came home the other night,
As drunk as I could be,
Saw some britches on the floor
Where mine ought to be.
Come here, little wifie,
Explain yourself to me.
Why (are) the britches on the floor
Where mine ought to be?
You blind fool, you drunk old fool,
Can't you plainly see?
It's only a flour sack
Your granny sent to me.
I've travelled this wide world
A thousand times or more;
But a zipper on a flour sack
I ain't never seen before.
4. I came home the other night,
As drunk as I could be,
I saw a head on the pillow
Where my horse ought to be.
Come here, little wifie,
Explain yourself to me.
Why (is) the head on the pillow
Where my head ought to be?
You blind fool, you drunk old fool,
Can't you plainly see?
It's only a cabbage head
Your granny sent to me.
I've travelled this wide world
A thousand times or more;
But a moustache on a cabbage head
(I) ain't never seen before.