A Redneck Love Poem
Susie Lee done fell in love,
She planned to marry Joe.
She was so happy ‘bout it all,
She told her Pappy so.
Pappy told her, Susie Gal,
You’ll have to find another.
I’d just as soon yo’ ma don’t know,
But Joe is yo’ half brother.
So Susie put aside her Joe
And planned to marry Will.
But after telling Pappy this,
He said, there’s trouble still.
You can’t marry Will, my gal,
And please don’t tell yo’ mother.
But Will and Joe, and several mo’
I know is yo’ half brother.
But Mama knew and said, my child,
Just do what makes yo’ happy.
Marry Will or marry Joe;
You ain’t no kin to Pappy!
West Virginia:
1.9 million people
15 last names.
A young man comes a runnin’ home, a yellin’- “Pa! Pa!, I'm a gittin’ married !!!!”
Now slow down, son. Tell me about this lucky child, says pa.
Well, she's reeeel purty and she can cook biscuits and squirrel almost as good as Ma. But the best part, pa? She's a virgin!!!
A virgin!! yells Pa. You ain't a gittin hitched to no virgin, son. If she ain't good enough for her kin, she's ain't good enough for our’n!!
A Scottish Love Song
Johnny be fair
And Johnny be fine
And wants me for to wed
And I would marry Johnny
But my father up and said
I’m sad to tell you daughter
What your mother never knew
But Johnny is a son of mine
And so he’s kin to you
Well Billy be fair
And Billy be fine
And wants me for to wed
And I would marry Billy
But my father up and said
I’m sad to tell you daughter
What your mother never knew
But Billy too is a son of mine
And so he’s kin to you
Well there never was a girl
so sad And sorry as I was
The boys in town are all my kin
And my father is the cause
If things should thus continue
I shall die a single miss
And so I’ll go to mother
And complain to her of this
Oh, Daughter, have a touch to
Forgive and to forget
For though your father sowed his oats
Well still you needn’t fret
Your father may be father to all
The boys in town still
He’s not the one who sired you
So marry whom you will