Sourwood Mountain - Lyrics - Carolina Chocolate Drops

The Carolina Chocolate Drops is an old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina, USA. Their 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, and was number 9 in FRoots magazine's top 10 albums of 2010.

Chickens a-crowin' on Sourwood Mountain, Hey, ho, ***-um day. So many pretty girls I can't count 'em, Hey ho, ***-um day. My true love's a blue-eyed daisy, She won't come and I'm too lazy. Big dog bark and little one bite you, Big girl court and little one spite you. My true love's a blue-eyed daisy, If I don't get her, I'll go crazy. My true love lives at the head of the holler, She won't come and I won't foller. My true love lives over the river, A few more jumps and I'll be with her. Ducks in the pond, geese in the ocean, Devil's in the women if they take a notion.