Collected by Merlin Mitchell
Transcribed by Mary C. Parler
Mrs. May Kennedy McCord
Springfield, Mo.
Sept. 16, 1950
Reel 65, Item 5
Whistle, Daughter, Whistle
Mother, I would marry, Mother, I would wed,
I would have a house and home, and I would have a bed,
Oh, I would have a husband to live and love with me,
For oh I am weary and oh I am dreary with singularity.
Whistle, daughter, whistle, and you shall have a cow;
I cannot whistle, mother, you never taught me how;
Oh, I would have a husband to love and live with me,
For oh I am weary and oh I am dreary with singularity.
Whistle, daughter, whistle, and you shall have a sheep;
I cannot whistle, mother, I can but sit and weep;
For I would have a husband, etc.
Whistle, daughter, whistle, and you shall have a man;
Oh I will whistle, mother, I'll do the best I can;
(Whistles a measure)
You're a naughty daughter now; how can you whistle so?
For I'd rather whistle for a man than either sheep or ewe.
(Mrs. McCord has made her own song. Cp. the text she gave
Vance Randolph OFS I:411)
