Where have you been riding, John Rounders my son?

voiceColl. by M.C. Parler Joyce Jenkins Helena, Ark August 1958 Reel 350, Item 7 John Rounders My Son Where have you been riding, John Rounders my son? Where have you been riding, my darling sweet one? Oh I've been a-courting, Mother fix my bed soon I'm sick at my heart and I want to lie down. Have you had any supper? A cup of cold coffee. What'll you leave to your father? My horse and my my saddle. What'll you leave to your mother? My watch and my ring. What'll you leave to your brother? My gun and my holster. What'll you leave to your sweetheart? Forty blue blazes go scorch her brow brown For she is the one that's caused me all this misery.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation