“Miss Mary Jane (Riding in the Buggy, Who Moan for Me)”

Description

"Ridin' in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane... Long way from home. Who moan for me...." "Sally got a house in Baltimore... And it's three stories high. "Sally got a house in Baltimore, filled with chicken pie."

Supplemental text

Miss Mary Jane (Riding in the Buggy, Who Moan for Me)
  Partial text(s)

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Miss Mary Jane

From Dorothy Scarborough, On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs,
p. 117. As recalled from the singing of South Carolina slaves
by Dr. W. F. More.

Ridin' in the buggy,
  Miss Mary Jane,
  Miss Mary Jane,
  Miss Mary Jane,
Ridin' in de buggy,
  Miss Mary Jane,
I'm a long ways from home.

      Chorus
Who moan for me?
Who moan for me?
Who moan for me, my darlin'?
Who moan for me?

(2 additional stanzas)

Notes

I know it looks like "Old Joe Clark." But it's not. - RBW

Cross references

• cf. "Letter from Down the Road" (lyrics)

References

1. Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 117, "Miss Mary Jane" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Lomax-FSNA 259, "Miss Mary Jane" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. ST LoF259 (Partial)
4. Roud #11595
5. BI, LoF259