Come all you pretty girls, won't you listen to my noise,

voiceFor M. C. Parler Coll. by Mary Jo Davis Sung by Mrs. T. M. Davis and Mary Jo Davis Fayetteville, Arkansas June 20, 1954 Reel 194 Item 2 Arkansas Boys Come all you pretty girls, won't you listen to my noise, Be careful how you spark those Arkansas boys, For all that they have for to eat, Is cornbread and 'lasses and sassafrass tea. The boys they used to be hearty and gay, For they could work both night and day, Now they look so pale and thin, They rattle like a cornshuck shakin' in the wind, The boys they used to wear pantaloons short, For they could do work of every sort, Now they wear them buckled up so tight, The strap was to break it'd throw 'em out of sight, Come all you young men, we'll now begin, I'll tell you what to do when the girls are sixteen, They first begin to comb, and then begin to lace, And artificial flowers they put about their face. They'll fix up and to Sunday school they go, And all 'tis done for is just to catch a beau, The boy's they'll say, Can I see you home tonight, The girls they'll say no, when they're mighty sure they might, The boys they all around the girls lean, Just about the time they are sixteen.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation