The Jew's Daughter- Nye (OH-VA) 1937 Lomax REC; Bronson 29
[LC/AAFS, rec. No. 1609(A2) as sung by Captain Pearl R. Nye, (1872-1950), 1937 in Akron, Ohio. Listen: http://www.loc.gov/item/afcnye000039/
"One of the 'older ones' mother used to sing brought it from Virginia." Nye MS.
R. Matteson 2015]
"The Jew's Daughter" - Sung by Captain Pearl R. Nye, Akron, Ohio, 1937. Collected by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax.
It rained a mist, it rained a mist,
It rained, rained, rained all around
But all the boys in our town
Went our to toss their ball--
Went out to toss their ball.
They tossed one up, they tossed one high,
One went into the Jew's garden by
Where no on was just to go nigh--
Where no on was just to go nigh'
Out came the Jew's daughter dressed in red
To 'tice the little boy in:
Come in, come in, you dear little boy,
You can have your ball again--
You can have your ball again'
She called for a charger and a knife
For to catch his heart's blood in,
All the boys were sad and knew
He'd never come out again--
He'd never come out again.