Oh dear, oh dear, could I but grieve, For the dear old days of Adam and Eve.

voiceCollected by: Fred Smith Georgine Cawood Bentonville, Ark. October 10, 1963 ADAM AND EVE Reel 397, Item 7 (This is an old song called "Adam and Eve".) Oh dear, oh dear, could I but grieve, For the dear old days of Adam and Eve. Oh dear, oh dear, could I but grieve, For the dear old days of Adam and Eve. The boys when they used to go to a ball, They had to take an ox team or no team at all; With the hair on their lip and the fur on their chin, They looked like a corn stalk Shaking in the wind. With the hair on their lip and the fur on their chin, They looked like a snake Crawling out of its skin. Oh dear, oh dear, could I but grieve For the dear old days of Adam and Eve. (Not all of this song is on the tape, for Mr. Smith kept singing after the tape was all used. This is the end of Side I.) 9Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation