Sing Jennafore- Walters (KY) 1937 REC Lomax; Bronson No. 30
[My title. See other Kentucky versions. Walter's chorus seems to be a variant of "Sing Jenny, for gentle, for Rosamarie," a common KY chorus.]
["Sing Jennafore"] "The Wife Wrapped Up in the Wether's Skin"- Sung by Clay Walters, Salyersville, Ky., 1937. LC/AAFS,
rec. No 1579(B1). Recorded by Alan Lomax; a D, ending on VII
1. I married me a wife, I taken her home
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
Ofttimes I'd wish I'd let her alone ----
As the dew flies over the green valley.
2. Into the kitchen she would not go
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
She's afraid of soiling her new cloth (bought) shoes
As the dew flies over the green valley.
3. The very next day come in from my plow
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
And I said Kind Wife, is my dinner ready now
As the dew flies over the green valley.
4. Go way from here, you stinking wretch (elf)
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
If you want any dinner, go cook it yourself
As the dew flies over the green valley.
5. I opened my knife, went down to the barn
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
And I cut me a hick'ry as big as my arm
As the dew flies over the green valley.
6. I shut up my knife, went back to my house
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
And around her old back went whickety whack
As the dew flies over the green valley.
7. I'll tell my brothers and all my kin,"
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
That you whupped me with a hickory limb
As the dew flies over the green valley.
8. I don't care what you tell your brothers or kin
Sing Jennafore, Jennafore, Rosamarie
It was just loosen up your old yellow skin
As the dew flies over the green valley.