For Adam never had no mammy for to take him on her knee

voicerecorded at Fayetteville ArkansasCollected by Mary C. Parler Mrs. G. C. Philley Eudora, Ark. (Taped in Fayetteville, Ark.) July 25, 1959 Reel 309, Item 10 Adam Never Had No Dear Old Mammy I heard the old folks talking in the house the other night 'Bout Adam in the Scriptures long ago. The lady-folks all 'bused him, said they knowed it wasn't right And course the men-folks said, I know it's so. I felt sorry for Mr. Adam, and I felt like putting in, 'Cause I know more than they do about what made Adam sin. Chorus For Adam never had no mammy for to take him on her knee To teach him right from wrong and show him things he ought to see I know down in my heart he'd a left that apple be, But Adam never had no dear old Mammy. (Another stanza. But this is no folksong.)Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation