“Rabbit in the Log (Feast Here Tonight)”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1913 (Brown)
Found in: US(SE)
Description
"Rabbit in the log And I ain't got no dog." The singer, apparently poor and a rambler, perhaps a poacher, imagines how to catch the dog and describes how he will cook and enjoy it. He will sleep in a farmer's shed, etc.
Cross references
- cf. "Never Let Your Honey Have Her Way" (lyrics, form)
Recordings
- Monroe Brothers, "Have a Feast Here Tonight" (Bluebird 7508)
References
- BrownIII 166, "Rabbit in the Log" (1 fragment)
- BI, Br3166
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