We need to red up this thread.
Yous got that right.
Many of the appalachain tunes can trace their melodies back to England/ScotIreland too. Change of words and a few melodic adaptations.
I grew up in Western PA...I know what it means to “red up” :-) I was also born a “yinzer” but spent enough time in the military and in the deep south that I’m now a “y’aller”, although I still go fishing in a crick...