Uh, Huh, Boo Hoo- Lavon Fowler (FL) pre1950 Morris
[Folksongs of Florida, Morris, 1950. Cf. version sung by Pearl Brewer
R. Matteson 2017]
Uh, Huh, Boo Hoo- As sung by Lavon Fowler taken down by Professor Madison L. Smith, Day.
[He] Oh Madam, I have come a-courting,
What more can I do?
[She] You can sit and court the fire,
Tara diddle dol do."
[He] Oh madam, I have come a-courting,
What more can I do?
[She] You can go and keep on going;
Tara diddle dol do."
[He] Oh madam, I have come a-courting,
What more can I do?
She called her dogs, she set them on him;
Uh huh boo hoo."
[She] You can run but they will catch you;
If they catch you how they will jerk you
Tara rittle tara ray
Tara diddle dol do."