1. PAP AND JENNY Dyarl Lewis
Dave – guitar, vocal; Cathy – banjo, vocal; Brenda Hanson – vocal;
Kevin Hennessy – bass; Rich Oberto – drum
Brenda Hanson introduced us to this harvest song from Rocheport, Mo. musician and songwriter Dyarl
Lewis. It describes visits to his grandparents in southeast Missouri. We changed the grandmother’s name to
Pyron, the maiden name of Cathy’s grandmother Ora Lee Barton, who ably knew about making and
cooking with sorghum.
I can hardly wait until Pap’s hitchin’ Jenny to the sorghum mill.
Haul the wood down from the hill, Pap’s hitchin’ Jenny to the sorghum mill.
Chorus:
And the mule goes ‘round and ‘round in a never-ending circle leavin’ tracks upon the ground, and the juice goes
flowing down.
Haul the wood down from the hill; Pap’s hitchin’ Jenny to the sorghum mill.
Catch the juice and cook it down, blackstrap nectar sweet and brown.
There’s mason jars and jugs to fill. Pap’s hitchin’ Jenny to the sorghum mill.
Grandma Alphie’s gonna bake sorghum cookies and a sorghum cake,
And I ain’t gonna stop ‘til I get my fill. Pap’s hitchin’ Jenny to the sorghum mill.