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Traditional; learned from Dock Boggs, banjo player and singer from Norton, Va. (1898-1971)

Recorded by Mike Seeger at home in Garrett Park, Md 1980

lyrics

I got no sugar baby now
I got no honey baby now.

I’ve done all I can do for to see peace with you
I can’t get along thisaway
I can’t make a living thisaway.

I got no sugar baby now
I got no honey baby now.

I’ve done all I can do, I’ve said all I can say
I can’t make a living thisaway
I can’t get along thisaway.
I got no honey baby now
I got no sugar baby now.

Got no use for your red rocking chair
I got no sugar baby now
I got no honey baby now.

Laid her in the shade, gave her every dime I made
What more could a poor boy do
What more could a poor boy do.

Done all I can do, I’ve said all I can say
I’ll send you to your mama next payday
Send you to your mama next payday.
I got no sugar baby now
I got no honey baby now.

Who’ll rock the cradle, who’ll sing the song
Who’ll rock the cradle when I’m gone
Who’ll rock the cradle when I’m gone.

I’ll rock the cradle, I’ll sing the song
I’ll rock the cradle when you’re gone

Got no sugar baby now.
I’ve got no honey baby now,

credits

from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Mike-banjo f#DGCD
Alice-guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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