Old Bangum and the Boar- Smith (MO) 1906
[From: Old-Country Ballads in Missouri- I by H. M. Belden The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 19, No. 74 (Jul. - Sep., 1906), pp. 231-240. Curiously, this was not reprinted in Ballads and Songs in 1940.
R. Matteson 2014]
CHILD 18. - Sir Lionel.
OLD BANGUM AND THE BOAR
Fragments recalled by Prof. H. A. Smith of a song that was sung in his home (in Missouri) when he was a child.
Old Bangum drew his wooden knife
To rob this wild boar of his life.
Come I cuttle down kill him carry corn.
They fought four hours in the day
And then this wild boar stole away.
Come I cuttle down kill him carry corn.
Old Bangum followed him to his den
And there found the bones of a thousand men.
Come I cuttle down kill him carry corn.