Shady Grove- mountain whites (KY) 1905 Perrow B
[From: The Journal of American Folklore, 1916. Perrow, "Songs and Rhymes from the South." Only twp stanzas may be specifically related (2 & 3), stanza 1 is Shady Grove, the others are floaters.
R. Matteson 2018]
B. [Shady Grove] (From Kentucky; mountain whites; MS. of Mr. House; 1905.)
Shady grove, my little love,
Shady grove, my darling;
Shady grove, my little love,
Going back to Harlan.
Fly around, my blue-eyed girl,
Fly around, my daisy;
Fly around, my blue-eyed girl;
Nearly drive me crazy.
The very next time I go that road,
And it don't look so dark and grazy;
The very next time I come that road,
Stop and see my daisy.
I once had a mulie cow,
Mulie when she was born;
Took a jay-bird forty year
To fly from horn to horn.
Apples in the summer,
Peaches in the fall;
If I can't marry the girl I want,
I won't have none at all.