Coll. by
M.C. Parler
Sung by Mrs. Mary briscoe
Berryville, Ark.
Oct. 20, 1953
The Stove-Pipe Hat Song Reel 157
Item 11
"Well, now I'll sing the Stove-Pipe Hat Song fer 'em them.)
Oh, who will wear my stove-pipe hat?
(spoken) Fred High will.
Oh, who will wear my stove-pipe hat?
(spoken) Fred High will.
Who will wear my stove-pipe hat?
(spoken) Fred High will.
Oh, who will wear my stove-pipe hat
When I am laid away?
(The remaining stanzas are sung with the same repetitions.)
Oh, who will smoke my old cob pipe?
(spoken) Verne McKinney will.
Oh, who will smoke my old cob pipe
When I am laid away.
Oh, who will wear my off-cast boots?
(spoken) Jess Williams will.
Oh, who will read my dear old book;
(spoken) Gus Gott will.
so it'll
"Now I put the last 'un, the last verse of that, git
all four o' my son-in-laws in to it."
Ozark Folksong Collection
