Wild Hog's Den- Stewart (Texas) c. 1900
[From Mudcat Discussion forum; post by Kathy Kestner 2002. Her notes follow.
R. Matteson 2012]
Kathy Kestner 2002: Great-grandma Henson who was a Stewart. She lived in Texas when she was a little girl. This is only two verses of a larger song. My great-granny couldn't remember the rest but that it delt with chasing the hog to ground. It came from the Ozarks in Arkansas but Great Grandma Henson had been a Stewart before she married. They (her grandparents) had come to America after the Battle of Culloden. She was born in Ohio and she married and moved to Texas. When my grandmother was 4, they packed a covered wagon and moved to northwest Arkansas in 1910.
WILD HOG'S DEN
As I rode round to wild hog's den,
Deedle-o die, Deedle-o day,
As I rode round to wild hog's den,
Deedle-o die, Deedle-o day,
As I rode round to wild hog's den,
I saw the bones of a thousand men.
Camewee-quee, quiddle-i-quay
Deedle-o die-i-day
We fought for two hours and a half,
Deedle-o die, Deedle-o day,
We fought for two hours and a half,
Deedle-o die, Deedle-o day,
We fought for two hours and a half,
And finaly that wild hog run at last.
Camewee-quee, quiddle-i-quay
Deedle-o die-i-day