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OLD MISTER RABBIT. Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA; Virginia, Kentucky. Other traditional songs have been set to the melody, including "The Crawdad Song." Banjo player Dan Tate, of Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, sang these words for Mike Yates in 1979:
Oh, what you gonna do when your meat gives out, baby?
What you gonna do when your meat gives out?
Sit in the corner with your mouth stuck out, babe.
What you gonna do when it comes a-snow, baby?
What you gonna do when it comes a-snow?
Catch them rabbits as they go, babe.
Catching rabbits ain't no sin, baby,
Catching rabbits ain't no sin.
Turn them loose and catch 'em again, babe.
Old Mister Rabbit your hair is mighty thin, baby,
Old Mister Rabbit your hair is mighty thin.
Yes, by Jove I split the wind, babe.
Old Mister Rabbit your tail is mighty white, baby.
Old Mister Rabbit our tail is mighty white.
Yes, by George, I'm siccin' out of sight, babe.
Old Mister Rabbit your eyes are mighty red, baby,
Old Mister Rabbit your eyes are mighty red.
Yes, by George, I'm darn nigh dead, babe.
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Printed sources:
Recorded sources: County 788, Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Ky.) - "Clydeoscope: Rare and Beautiful Tunes from the Cumberland Plateau" (1986). Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, Dan Tate - "Far in the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2" (2002).