“Coming Round the Mountain (II -- Charming Betsey)”
Description
"She'll be coming round the mountain, charming Betsey; She'll be coming round the mountain, Cora Lee; If I never see you any more, Pray God remember me." The song usually compares the homes, vehicles, etc. of the rich and poor
Cross references
- cf. "She Gets There Just the Same (Jim Crow Car)" (floating verses)
Recordings
- Fiddlin' John Carson, "Charming Betsy" (OKeh 40363, 1925)
- Cleve Chaffin & the McClung Brothers, "Rock House Gamblers" (c. 1930; on RoughWays1)
- Georgia Organ Grinders, "Charming Betsy" (Columbia 15415-D, 1929)
- Davis & Nelson, "Charming Betsy" (QRS 9011, c. 1929)
- Land Norris, "Charming Betsy" (OKeh 45033, c. 1926; rec. 1925)
- Virgil Perkins & Jack Sims, "Goin' Around the Mountain" (on AmSkBa)
- Henry Thomas, "Charming Betsy" (Vocalion 1468, 1930 [rec. 1929]; on Cornshuckers2)
References
- Randolph 436, "Charming Betsey" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Randolph/Cohen, pp. 335-336, "Charming Betsey" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 436)
- BrownIII 256, "All Around the Mountain, Charming Betsy" (2 short texts); also 17, "I Wouldn't Marry" (7 text (some short) plus 6 excerpts, 1 fragment, and mention of 5 more, of which "the "A" text appears to mix this with "I Won't Marry an Old Maid" and "Raccoon")
- DT, COMRNDMT*
- Roud #7052
- BI, R436