It was just about a year ago I left my eastern home
To try to make my way to wealth and fame,
But little did I think I'd turn up in Mexico
In the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
To try to make my way to wealth and fame,
But little did I think I'd turn up in Mexico
In the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
Oh, the roof is ocotillo, there are coyotes far and near,
And the greasers roam about the place all day;
And at night when I lie down to sleep tarantulers around me creep,
In my little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
And the greasers roam about the place all day;
And at night when I lie down to sleep tarantulers around me creep,
In my little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
There are cockroaches on the ceiling and curocos on the walls,
And the bill of fare is always just the same-
'Tis frijoles and tortillas, all dressed up in chili sauce,
In the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
And the bill of fare is always just the same-
'Tis frijoles and tortillas, all dressed up in chili sauce,
In the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
Oh, I wish that some kind-hearted girl would consent to be my wife,
I would try to be content then to remain;
Or maybe I could find some better place to settle down
Than the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
I would try to be content then to remain;
Or maybe I could find some better place to settle down
Than the little 'dobe' casa on the plain.
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AboutThe family of songs sired by "The Little Old Sod Shanty" is as numerous and varied as the folks at a Mormon family reunion. There are little vine-clad cottages, little adobe casas, log cabins, and dugouts. There are answers to "The Little Old Sod Shanty," and answers to the answers. There is "The Little Red Caboose Behind the Train," with its answers, and its answers' answers. There is also a realistic song about the chuck wagon-heart and sinew for every roundup and trail drive, for on it converged all the cowboy's work, sustenance, and recreation. Nor should we forget "The Double-Breasted Mansion on the Square."
It all seems to have begun in 1871 when W. S. Hays came out with a popular song, "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane." It was imitated in 1879 by the poet-scout Jack Crawford in a song written and localized in Custer City in the Black Hills. Within five years new songs were appearing in a score of mid-western newspapers. To the eight songs we are giving here we might easily add a score more, not to mention in-numerable variants. Nor have we mentioned less servile imitations of "The Little Old Log Cabin" such as "Little Joe, the Wrangler," which has, in turn, hatched its own nestlings. An epic poem in the making? The melody is given with Text F. (Text A: Clark County Clipper, September 25, 1884. Text B: Thomas County Cat, Colby, Kansas, December 3, 1885. Text C: JL rli9. Text D: John W. Crawford, The Poet Scout (San Francisco: H. Keller and Co., 1879]. Text E: JL 44. Text F: Melody from Library of Congress #5383B2, recorded by Vance Randolph; text from JL 1li9. Text G: PAC II 641, from the collection of Alabama folklore made by Ray B. Browne, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Text H: The Lane County Herald, Watson, Kansas, September 4, 1885 [The Kansas newspaper items are published through the courtesy of The Kansas State Historical Society].)
It all seems to have begun in 1871 when W. S. Hays came out with a popular song, "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane." It was imitated in 1879 by the poet-scout Jack Crawford in a song written and localized in Custer City in the Black Hills. Within five years new songs were appearing in a score of mid-western newspapers. To the eight songs we are giving here we might easily add a score more, not to mention in-numerable variants. Nor have we mentioned less servile imitations of "The Little Old Log Cabin" such as "Little Joe, the Wrangler," which has, in turn, hatched its own nestlings. An epic poem in the making? The melody is given with Text F. (Text A: Clark County Clipper, September 25, 1884. Text B: Thomas County Cat, Colby, Kansas, December 3, 1885. Text C: JL rli9. Text D: John W. Crawford, The Poet Scout (San Francisco: H. Keller and Co., 1879]. Text E: JL 44. Text F: Melody from Library of Congress #5383B2, recorded by Vance Randolph; text from JL 1li9. Text G: PAC II 641, from the collection of Alabama folklore made by Ray B. Browne, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Text H: The Lane County Herald, Watson, Kansas, September 4, 1885 [The Kansas newspaper items are published through the courtesy of The Kansas State Historical Society].)
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