I'm Going To Georgia- Tenneva Ramblers (TN) 1928
[From the Victor recording 21645 B by Tenneva Ramblers in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, February 18, 1928. The Tenneva (from Tenn and Va) were Jack Pierce,f; Jack Grant, bj-md; Claude Slagle, bj; Claude Grant, g/v. They backed Jimmie Rodgers briefly and also recorded as Grant Brothers.
The first two stanzas are probably original.
R. Matteson 2018]
I'm Going To Georgia- Tenneva Ramblers, 1928
[Instrumental]
Up and down Sycamore Ridge,
Running through the weeds,
Looking for the pretty little girl
That wears the silver beads.
[Instrumental]
Going down to Georgia,
Back to New Orleans
Looking for the pretty little girl
I hope I find her please.
[Instrumental]
If you see that girl of mine
I wish that you would tell her
To be true to her soldier boy
And have no other feller.
[Instrumental]
Going back to see that girl,
I hope that she won't mind me,
Then I'll stop and stay all day,
With the girl I left behind me.
[Instrumental]
[repeat 2nd and 4th verses]