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Folk Song Hootenanny

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Introduction:
"As folk songs vary widely from one place to another (that's why they are what they are!), I'll rely on the most common versions. These songs are from the 'classics' of folk."


1. Where did this lyric come from? 'I spent my last hundred dollars on that iron gray mare'
    'Stewball'
    'The Wabash Cannonball'
    'The House of the Rising Sun'
    'Go Tell Aunt Rhody'


2. Where did this sad line come from? 'Oh I feel so breakup, I wanna go home'
    Sailing Sailing
    The Sloop John B
    Michael Row the Boat Ashore
    My Bonnie


3. From which song did this line come? 'I asked my love to go with me, to take a walk, a little way'
    'On the Banks of the Ohio'
    'The Great Silkie'
    'The House of the Rising Sun'
    'I never will marry'


4. Which of these songs did this lament come from? 'Bury me beneath the _________' ?
    Titanic
    Rosewood tree
    Willow
    Wildwood flower


5. Where did this ending line come from? 'I hang my head and mournful cry'
    'Evr'y Night When the Sun Goes Down'
    'Down in the Valley'
    'Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad'
    'Good News'


6. Where did this flowery line come from? 'I will twine with your mingles of raven black hair, with the roses so red and the lilacs so fair'
    'Wildwood Flower'
    'Old Maid's Song'
    'Rosewood Casket'
    'House Carpenter'


7. Where did this line from the Hebrides come from? 'Little ken I my bairny's father, fur less then the land he steps in'
    'The Willow Tree'
    'The Four Maries'
    'The Great Silkie'
    'The Housecarpenter'


8. Where did this line come from? 'Well met, well met, my own true love, well met, well met cried he. I've just returned from the salt salt sea and it's all for the sake of thee'
    If I Had a Hammer
    House Carpenter
    Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot


9. 'Late in the evening, hear the wind blow'
    'On Top of Old Smokey'
    'Down in the Valley'
    'Shenandoah'
    'New River Train'


10. 'I never eat cookies because they have yeast, and a man who eats cookies turns into a beast, O can you imagine a sadder disgrace, than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face?!'
    'Away with Rum'
    'Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad'
    'The House of the Rising Sun'
    'Mamma told me not to come!'


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