“The Woodpecker's Hole”

Description

The narrator sticks his finger in the woodpecker's hole in this quatrain ballad that hints of a story otherwise left untold.

Cross references

  • cf. "Dixie" (tune) and references there
  • cf. "Little Brown Jug" (tune)

References

  1. Cray, pp. 226-228, "The Woodpecker's Hole" (2 texts, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #10134
  3. BI, EM226

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1919
Found in: Australia Britain(England) US(MW,NE,So,SW)