Soldier's Joy

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: Old-Time fiddle and dance tune. Predominantly recorded as an instrumental but can have lyrics such as "I am my mama's darling boy...." "Grasshopper sitting on a sweet potato vine...." "Fifteen cents for the morphine, 25 cents for the beer/Fifteen cents for the morphine, gonna take me away from here"

Gid Tanner's 1929 recording has these lyrics - “Chicken in the bread tray scratchin' out dough, Granny will your dog bite? No, child, no. Ladies to the center and gents to the bar, Hold on you don't go too far.”
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Originals

Traditional