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Dandoo / The Wee Cooper o' Fife / The Scolding Wife / Gentle Fair Jenny / Jennifer Gentle / As the Dew Flies over the Green Vallee / Robin-a-Thrush / Rissolty Rossolty / Hobblety Bobblety / Nickety Nackety / The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child No. 277) - Sung by Reba Dearmore of Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA. Recorded by Max Hunter on January 7, 1969.
Song transcription:
I married me a wife and took her home
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
I've a thousand times wish't I'd left her alone
While the dew flies over the green valley
For into the kitchen she would not go
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
For fear she'd soil her pretty cloth shoes
While the dew flies over the green valley
The very first day I came in from my plow
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
Saying, now my dear wife is my dinner done now
While the dew flies over the green valley
Get out of here you dirty whelp
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
If you want any dinner go cook it yourself
While the dew flies over the green valley
I picked up my hat and went out to the barn
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And I cut me a hickory as long as my arm
While the dew flies over the green valley
I trimmed it up and went back to the house
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And over her back it went whickety whack
While the dew flies over the green valley
I'll go and tell my Motheer an' Fatheer
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
That we can't get along without quarreling
While the dew flies over the green valley
Just go and tell your Father and Mother
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
That I brought you down under a hickory limb
While the dew flies over the green valley
The very next day I came in from my plow
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
Saying, now my dear wife is my dinner done now
While the dew flies over the green valley
The table was set, the dinner prepared
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
T'was yes sir and no sir to every word
While the dew flies over the green valley
And ever since then, she has been a good wife
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And I hope she'll continue the rest of her life
While the dew flies over the green valley
Dandoo / The Wee Cooper o' Fife / The Scolding Wife / Gentle Fair Jenny / Jennifer Gentle / As the Dew Flies over the Green Vallee / Robin-a-Thrush / Rissolty Rossolty / Hobblety Bobblety / Nickety Nackety / The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child No. 277) - Sung by Reba Dearmore of Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA. Recorded by Max Hunter on January 7, 1969.
Song transcription:
I married me a wife and took her home
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
I've a thousand times wish't I'd left her alone
While the dew flies over the green valley
For into the kitchen she would not go
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
For fear she'd soil her pretty cloth shoes
While the dew flies over the green valley
The very first day I came in from my plow
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
Saying, now my dear wife is my dinner done now
While the dew flies over the green valley
Get out of here you dirty whelp
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
If you want any dinner go cook it yourself
While the dew flies over the green valley
I picked up my hat and went out to the barn
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And I cut me a hickory as long as my arm
While the dew flies over the green valley
I trimmed it up and went back to the house
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And over her back it went whickety whack
While the dew flies over the green valley
I'll go and tell my Motheer an' Fatheer
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
That we can't get along without quarreling
While the dew flies over the green valley
Just go and tell your Father and Mother
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
That I brought you down under a hickory limb
While the dew flies over the green valley
The very next day I came in from my plow
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
Saying, now my dear wife is my dinner done now
While the dew flies over the green valley
The table was set, the dinner prepared
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
T'was yes sir and no sir to every word
While the dew flies over the green valley
And ever since then, she has been a good wife
To Jenny, fair Jen and Rosiemarie
And I hope she'll continue the rest of her life
While the dew flies over the green valley
