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My Good Ol' Man (The Drunkard and His Wife)

from Show Me Your Mountains (Day) by Real Clothes

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"Traditional Folk song that was originally in French, ended up in Wales, and somehow landed in the Appalachia in English with multple versions.

AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1885 (Reeves-Circle)

The story goes:
Wife asks husband where he is going. He says, grumpily,"Out" (or the like). She asks about supper. He: Eggs. She: How many? He: A bushel. She: They'll kill you. He: Then I'll haunt you. She: You can't haunt a haunt

The plot of this song varies widely, as does the final line ("My good old man," "The meanest man in the world," "The best old fellow in the world," "Best Old Soul in the World"). But the format is constant: First the wife asks a long, involved question, e.g.
Where are you going, my good old man?
Where are you going, my honey, lovey dove?
Where are you going, my good old man?
Best old man in the world.
Then the man replies (spoken, not sung) in the shortest set of monosyllables possible.
The final element, about the ghost, disappears in many versions."

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from Show Me Your Mountains (Day), released January 31, 2014

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