Polly Won't You Try Me Oh - aka Keemo Kimo
Source:
G.W.Bennett MS.
Composer:
Trad.
Region:
South West
Circa:
1849-1900
Year:
1860
Transcribed by Ian Bell
Played by Teilhard Frost on a mid-19th century style fretless banjo. Not exactly as written (as it should be!)
The first verse and chorus of this 19th century American song which exists in many forms. It was even
recorded by Nat King Cole on a children's album in the 1950s. Some versions are from the minstrel tradition;
others are varients of "Froggie Went a Courting". These words are from an undated broadside from Baltimore
MD, found online at the Library of Congress. This tune also appears in mid-19th century banjo tutors.
This song in MS.
A broadside of the song
Banjo - 1860s
Themes
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