(Go skip about, boys, and get you a wife;

voiceDoney Hammontree Bethel Grove, Arkansas May 18, 1951 Collected by Irene Carlisle Reel 120 Item 5 BACHELOR SONG ("I sing this for the old bachelors") (Go skip about, boys, and get you a wife; I'll give you a sketch of the old bachelor's life. Or you'll delay it till you can get none, For that was the way the old bachelor done. I've got a gal in Sourwood Mountain; Hey, tum toodle lolly day; I've got a gal in Sourwood Mountain, Hey! I've got a gal in Sourwood Mountain Hey, turn toodle lolly day. I've got a gal in Sourwood Mountain; She's so nice and kind; She's broke the hearts of a many poor fellow, But she hasn't broke this'n of mine. I've got a gal in Sourwood Mountain, Hey, turn toodle lolly day. I've got a gal in the Buffalo Holler, Hey, tum, etc. I've got a gal in the Buffalo Holler, Hey! I'se got a gal in the Buffalo Holler; She won't come out, and I won't foller; Hey, turn toodle lolly day. Old gray goose, swimmin' in the river, Hey, turn, etc. Old gray goose, swimmin' in the river, Hey! Old gray goose, swimmin' in the river, If I was a gander, I'd be in there wiv 'er; Hey, turn, etc. There's a gal in a boat, a-floatin' down the river, Hey, turn, etc. There's a gal in a boat, a-floatin' down the river; Hey! There's a gal in a boat, a-floatin' down the river, And if I 'as in the boat, I'd go along with her; Hey, turn,etc. (more) Bachelor Song Reel 120 2 Some of these days, before very long, Hey, turn, etc. Some of these days before very long, Hey! Some of these days before very long I'll grab me a gal and home I'll run, Hey, turn, etc.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation