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Buckeye Jim

from Ike's Green Album by Icarus Tyree

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The one on the album I didn't write

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Way up yonder above the sky
A bluebird lived in a jay-bird's eye
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim

Way up yonder above the moon
A blue jay nests in a silver spoon
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim

Way down yonder by a wooden trough
An old woman died of the whoopin cough
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim

Way down yonder in a hollow log
A red bird danced with a green bullfrog
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim

Way up yonder above the sky
A bluebird lived in a jay-bird's eye
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim

credits

from Ike's Green Album, released November 24, 2021
traditional Appalachian; adapted from tune and lyrics in Folk Songs USA: The 111 Best American Ballads (Lomax, 1947)
Special thanks to cousin Doug for giving me this book

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Icarus Tyree Craftsbury, Vermont

they/them - Icarus is a fool who writes music and has been writing music and will be writing music about nothing very special in particular.

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