“I Went to My Sweetheart's House”
Description
Stanzas of the form "I went to my sweetheart's house, I never was thar before, They sot me in the corner as still as a mouse, An' I ain't gwine thar no mo', mo', mo, An' I ain't gwine that no mo', my love, An' I ain't gwine that no mo'." Verses float
Supplemental text
I Went to My Sweetheart's House
Partial text(s)
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From Dorothy Scarborough, On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs,
pp. 166-167. Supplied by Virginia Fitzgerald of Virginia.
I went to my sweetheart's house,
I never was thar before,
They sot me in the corner as still as a mouse,
An' I ain't gwine thar no mo', mo', mo,
An' I ain't gwine that no mo', my love,
An' I ain't gwine that no mo'.
I had a little rooster,
He crowed 'bout break o' day;
An' the weasel come to my house
An' stole my rooster 'way.
An' he stole my rooster 'way, my love,
An' he stole my rooster 'way.
(5 additional stanzas)
Notes
I thought seriously about filing this with "Raccoon"; they have that many stanzas in common. But some have floated in from other places, and the form is different, so I'm separating them. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Raccoon" (floating lyrics)
References
- Scarborough-NegroFS, pp. 166-167, "I Went to My Sweetheart's House" (1 text)
- ST ScaNF166 (Partial)
- BI, ScaNF166