HARRISON BRADY



Go harness up my milk white steed

My bonnie brown is not so speedy

I'll ride all night and I'll ride all day

Till I overtake my lady



He rode as far as Pittsburgh, O

And there he spied his lady

With one arm around her baby, O

And the other around her Brady



O why did you leave your husband dear

O why did you leave your baby

O why did you leave your pretty little home

To roam with Harrison Brady



I never loved you in my life

I neverloved your baby

I married you against my will

And I'll roam with Harrison Brady



Last night I slept in my downy bed

and in my arms my baby

Tonight I'll sleep in the Pittsburgh jail

In the arms of Harrison Brady





sung by Lily Bell Dietrick at Morgantown WVa, 1944, collected by

Samuel Bayard.

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