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Wagoner's Lad

from Hazelnut by Squirrel Butter

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6. Wagoner’s Lad:
One of the oldest trucker songs we know. We learned this version from Kate Peters Sturgill (1907-1975) on a Dock Boggs album. She was a great musician, songwriter, teacher and preserver of Appalachian folk songs.

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I’m just a poor girl, my fortune is bad
I’m just a poor girl, my fortune is bad
I’ve always been courted by the wagoner’s lad

He courted me daily, both night and day
He courted me daily, both night and day
And now he is loaded and he’s going away

Go put up your horses and feed them some hay
Go put up your horses and feed them some hay
And come and sit by me for as long as you’ll stay

My horses ain’t hungry and they won’t eat your hay
My horses ain’t hungry, they won’t eat your hay
So I’ll ride on little darlin’ and I’ll be on my way

Your parents is against us, they say I’m too poor
Your parents is against us, they say I’m too poor
They say I’m not worthy to enter your door

But I work for my living, my money is my own
I work for my living, my money is my own
And them that don’t like it can leave me alone

I’ll ride into Georgy, I’ll write you my mind
I’ll ride into Georgy, I’ll write you my mind
My mind is to marry and to leave you behind

I’m just a poor girl, my fortune is bad
I’m just a poor girl, my fortune is bad
I’ve always been courted by the wagoner's lad

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from Hazelnut, released July 8, 2022
Traditional
guitar, vocal- Charmaine
banjo, vocal- Charlie

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Squirrel Butter Seattle, Washington

Based in Seattle, husband & wife duo Squirrel Butter, Charlie Beck & Charmaine Slaven, performs traditional and original music primarily influenced by Appalachian, early country, jug band, and blues artists from the late 1800’s through 1950’s.

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