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'''POLECAT'S DEN.''' Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune is sourced to Monticello fiddler Clyde Davenport. | '''POLECAT'S DEN.''' Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune is sourced to Monticello fiddler Clyde Davenport. In America, 'polecat' is another name for a skunk. | ||
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''I went down to the polecat's den,''<br> | ''I went down to the polecat's den,''<br> | ||
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''Poor boy, ain't going back no more.''<br> | ''Poor boy, ain't going back no more.''<br> | ||
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''Sixteen years of marriage,''<br> | |||
''Sixty more to come;''<br> | |||
''Ain't no more a married man,''<br> | |||
''Than I was before it begun.''<br> | |||
''Than I was before it begun,''<br> | |||
''Than I was before it begun, oh boy,''<br> | |||
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POLECAT'S DEN. Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune is sourced to Monticello fiddler Clyde Davenport. In America, 'polecat' is another name for a skunk.
I went down to the polecat's den,
Never been there before;
Feed me out of an old slop jar,
And I ain't going back no more.
Ain't going back no more,
Ain't going back no more,
Poor boy, ain't going back no more.
Sixteen years of marriage,
Sixty more to come;
Ain't no more a married man,
Than I was before it begun.
Than I was before it begun,
Than I was before it begun, oh boy,
Than I was before it begun.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: County Records, Clyde Davenport - "Shades of Clyde." County 788, Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Ky.) - "Clydeoscope: Rare and Beautiful Tunes from the Cumberland Plateau" (1986).