“Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds
I’ve known you from old
Now you’ve robbed my poor pockets
Of my silver and my gold.”
—Clarence Ashley, from Coo Coo Bird, recorded October 23, 1929.
“Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds
I’ve known you from old
Now you’ve robbed my poor pockets
Of my silver and my gold.”
—Clarence Ashley, from Coo Coo Bird, recorded October 23, 1929.
Little girl, little girl where have you been?
Gathering roses to give to the Queen.
Little girl, little girl what gave she you?
She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe.
“We’ve got a really big shoe tonight.”
–Ed Sullivan
diamond big as a shoe . . . really big show . . . you kids don’t know anything!