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Thaddeus Willingham's version of this song was recorded in Gulfport, Mississippi by Herbert Halpert for the Work Projects Administration. It shares a certain amount of its melody and structure with 'Way down the Old Plank Road', but the dog of this version is of the more literal breed.

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Went upon a mountain
Gave my horn a blow
Thought I heard my true love say
Yonder comes my beau

Rove Riley, rove
Rove Riley, rove
Rove Riley, poor boy
Got no where to go

Mama gave me meat
My mother gave me bread
Pretty girl gave me one sweet kiss
Likely going to kill me dead

Went upon a mountain
To sow a load of cane
Raise me a barrel of molasses
To sweeten little Liza Jane

Papa had a great big house
It's a hundred stories high
Every story in that house
Was filled with chicken pie

Possum is a pretty thing
He rambles in the dark
Only time you know he's 'round
When you hear old Ranger bark

Mama gave me one drink
My papa gave me two
I want another drink so bad
Don't know what I'll do

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from I fell with vehemence a​-​thinkin', released June 22, 2015

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Anna Lisberg & Brian Flanagan Dublin, Ireland

Old-time music from Dublin, Ireland. Proper sawing and plunking.

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