“Old Jimmy Sutton”
Description
Bill took the gun, Bill went a-huntin'/Bang went the gun, down went the mutton, baa!" and similar verses about an inept farmer. Cho: "Can't dance that, can't dance nothin'/I wouldn't give a blank for the old Jimmy Sutton, baa!"
Notes
Just enough plot to avoid the nonballad keyword by a whisker. - PJS
Recordings
- [G. B.] Grayson & [Henry] Whitter, "Old Jimmy Sutton" (Gennett 6436, 1928, on GraysonWhitter01)
- Vester Jones, "The Old Jimmy Sutton" (on GraysonCarroll1)
- Glenn Smith, "Old Jimmy Sutton" [instrumental] (GraysonCarroll1)
References
- Roud #7878
- BI, RcOJiSu