“Go 'Way From Mah Window”

Description

Woodchopping song: "Go 'way from mah window, Go 'way from mah door, Go 'way from mah bedside, Don't you tease me no mo'." "Go 'way in de springtime, Come back in de fall, Bring you back mo' money Dan we bofe can haul."

References

  1. BrownIII 439, "Go 'Way from My Window" (1 text)
  2. Sandburg, p. 377, "Go 'Way F'om Mah Window" (1 short text, 1 tune)
  3. Lomax-ABFS, p. 198, "Go Way f'om Mah Window" (1 text, 1 tune)
  4. Roud #11017
  5. BI, San377

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1927 (Sandburg)
Keywords: work separation
Found in: US(SE,So)