Come All You Virginia Girls

Come All You Virginia Girls
Traditional; likely related to old-time floating-verse song families
Rights: public-domain-us

Verse:
Oh come all you Virginia girls and listen to my noise
Don't you go courtin' no West Virginia boys
If you do your fortune'll be
Johnny cakes and venison and sassafras tea
Johnny cakes and venison and sassafras tea

Verse:
Well, when they come a courtin' I'll tell you what they'll wear
Old black suit just about to tear
Old straw hat more brim than crown
A pair of woolen socks they wear the whole year round
A pair of woolen socks they wear the whole year round

Verse:
And when they come a courtin' I'll tell you what they'll say
First they'll say, has your daddy shot a bear?
Then they'll say as they sit down
Honey can you bake your Johnny cakes brown
Honey can you bake your Johnny cakes brown

Verse:
They build their houses with log walls
Don't have winders, none at all
Clapboard roof and old slab door
Sandstone chimbley and a puncheon floor
Sandstone chimbley and a puncheon floor

Verse:
Oh come all you Virginia girls and listen to my noise
Don't you go courtin' no West Virginia boys
If you do your fortune'll be
Johnny cakes and venison and sassafras tea
Johnny cakes and venison and sassafras tea