Pretty Little Pink- Bradley Kincaid (KY) 1929
[From the Supertone recording 9666 by Bradley Kincaid at Richmond, Indiana, October 1929. Adapted from Sharp's "Betty Anne" published in 1917 (EFSSA), Kincaid created this "Pretty Little Pink" composite. He published another similar version with the 'Wheevily Wheat" stanzas in his "Favorite Old-Time Songs and Mountain Ballads," book 2, 1929, p. 16-17.
R. Matteson 2018]
PRETTY LITTLE PINK- from his recordings, c. 1929
Lor, Lor, my pretty little Pink
Lor, Lor, I say
Lor, Lor, my pretty little Pink
I'm going to stay away
Cheeks as red as a red, red rose
Her eyes as a diamond brown
I'm going to see my pretty little miss
Before the sun goes down
CHORUS: Fly around my pretty little miss
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my pretty little miss
You almost drive me crazy
Well I reckon you think my pretty little miss
That I can't live without you
But I'll let you know before I go
That I care very little about you.
It's rings upon my true love's hands
Shines so bright like gold
I'm gonna see my pretty little miss
Before it rains or snows [Chorus]
When I was up in the field of work
I sat down and cried
Studying about my blue eyed gal
Thought [to] my soul I'd die
[2nd Chorus] Fly around me pretty little miss
Fly around my dandy
Fly around my pretty little miss
I don't want none of your candy
Every time I go that road
It looks so dark and cloudy
Every time I see that girl
I always tell her, "howdy."
Coffee grows on white oak trees
The river flows with brandy
Rocks on the hills all covered with gold
And the girls all sweeter than candy. [2nd chorus]
I'll put my knapsack on my back
My rifle on my shoulder
I'll march away to Spartanburg
And there I'll be a soldier. [2nd chorus]
Every time I go that road
It looks so dark and hazy
Every time I see that girl
She almost drives me crazy [2nd chorus]
I asked that girl to marry me
And what did she say?
She said that she would marry me
Before the break of day [2nd chorus]
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Kincaid's version uses the two "Fly Around" stanzas as choruses. Kincaid's version published in his 1929 booklet adds the following two Charlie' stanzas associated with "Wheevily Wheat" to the core stanzas above:
Charlie is a nice young man
Charley is a dandy
Every time he goes to town
He buys the ladies candy
I don't want none of your weazely [wheevily] wheat
I don't want none of your barley
Want some flour in half an hour
To bake a cake for Charlie.