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'''JAYBIRD SETTIN' ON A LIMB'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. Probably the same tune as "[[Jaybird]]." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. | '''JAYBIRD SETTIN' ON A LIMB'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. Probably the same tune as "[[Jaybird]]." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Wade Thurman (2011) writes: this lyric "hails from Sonora (Hardin County) KY. My dad, William B. (Chuck) Thurman (1918-1998) gave me this one, but didn't sing it... he used as a spoken rhyme bouncing his kids on his knee. However, he likely learned it from fiddle tunes - he played guitar in a local string band when young." | ||
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''Jay bird, jay bird, sittin' on a limb''<br> | |||
''He winked at me, and I at him''<br> | |||
''I cocked my bow and split his shin''<br> | |||
''Left my arrow stickin' in''<br> | |||
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''Snake made a hole-cake and set the frog to mind it''<br> | |||
''Frog fell asleep and the lizard came to find it''<br> | |||
''Weasel went to visit with the polecat's wife''<br> | |||
''Phew! -- Never saw such a row in all my life!''<br> | |||
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JAYBIRD SETTIN' ON A LIMB. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. Probably the same tune as "Jaybird." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Wade Thurman (2011) writes: this lyric "hails from Sonora (Hardin County) KY. My dad, William B. (Chuck) Thurman (1918-1998) gave me this one, but didn't sing it... he used as a spoken rhyme bouncing his kids on his knee. However, he likely learned it from fiddle tunes - he played guitar in a local string band when young."
Jay bird, jay bird, sittin' on a limb
He winked at me, and I at him
I cocked my bow and split his shin
Left my arrow stickin' in
Snake made a hole-cake and set the frog to mind it
Frog fell asleep and the lizard came to find it
Weasel went to visit with the polecat's wife
Phew! -- Never saw such a row in all my life!
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