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I Ride An Old Paint

Traditional

Verse:
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Chorus:
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12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

I ride the old paint, I lead an old Dan,
I'm goin' to Montan' for to throw the hoolihan,
They feed in the coolies, they water in the draw,
Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw.

Old Bill Jones, had a daughter and a son,
Son went to college and the daughter went wrong.
His wife got killed in a pool-room fight,
Still he keeps singing from morning to night...

 

Chorus:

Ride around, little dogies, ride around them slow;
For the fiery and snuffy are rarin' to go.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Pete Seeger perform "I Ride An Old Paint" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com