“The Delhi Jail”
Description
The singer is going down the road "with a tired feeling and a heavy load" when the Sheriff apprehends him. The food in Delhi Jail is abominable, and the singer, once freed, proclaims, "I hope to the Lord I go there no more." Tune: "Turkey in the Straw"
Supplemental text
Delhi Jail, The
Partial text(s)
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From Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, Folk Songs
of the Catskills, #169(A), pp. 614-615. As sung by Elwyn Davis.
As I was a-going down the road
With a tired feeling and a heavy load,
Down come the sheriff, and he hollered out, "Bail!"
And he marched me up to the Delhi Jail.
(2 additional stanzas)
Cross references
- cf. "Turkey in the Straw" (tune) and references there
References
- FSCatskills 169, "The Delhi Jail" (1 text, 1 tune, plus a stanza of "Turkey in the Straw" from the same informant)
- ST FSC169 (Partial)
- BI, FSC169