Lyrics Ha-Ha This a Way (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 5) - Lead Belly
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This
time
a
children's
play
song
"Ha-ha
this
a
way,
Ha-ha
that
a
way"
Now
this
here
is
children
playing
Down
home
they
play
like
little
frogs
in
a
mill
pond
They
get
around
and
grab
one
another
by
the
arm
And
they'll
dance
around,
they'll
sing
And
as
they
sing,
they'll
dance
the
way
they
sing
it
If
they
say
"Ha
Ha
this
a
way"
that
means
this
a
way
If
they
"Ha
Ha
That
a
way"
That
means
you're
going
from
me
to
somebody
else
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Ha
ha
that-a
way
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Man
oh
then
When
I
was
a
little
boy
little
boy
little
boy
When
I
was
a
little
boy
12
years
old
Papa
went
and
left
me
left
me
left
me
left
me
Papa
went
and
left
me
so
I
was
told
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Ha
ha
that-a
way
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Man
oh
then
Mama
come
and
got
me
got
me
got
me
Mama
come
and
got
me
to
save
my
soul
Mama
never
whipped
me
whipped
me
whipped
me
Mama
never
whooped
me
so
I
was
told
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Ha
ha
that-a
way
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Man
oh
then
I
went
to
school
went
to
school
went
to
school
boys
I
went
to
school
and
I
was
12
years
old
Obeyed
the
rules
the
rules
the
rules
boys
Obeyed
the
rules
as
I
was
told
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Ha
ha
that-a
way
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Man
oh
then
Went
to
a
teacher
teacher
teacher
Went
to
a
teacher
to
save
my
soul
Teacher
was
a
preacher
preacher
preacher
Teacher
was
a
preacher
so
I
was
told
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Ha
ha
that-a
way
Ha
ha
this-a
way
Man
oh
then
I
learned
my
lesson
lesson
lesson
Learned
my
lesson
to
save
my
soul
1 Irene (Goodnight Irene)
2 The Bourgeois Blues
3 Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town)
4 The Midnight Special
5 John Henry
6 Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night)
7 Pick A Bale Of Cotton
8 Take This Hammer
9 Cotton Fields
10 Old Riley
11 Rock Island Line
12 The Gallis Pole
13 Ha-Ha This a Way
14 Sukey Jump
15 Boll Weevil
16 Scottsboro Boys
17 Governor O.K. Allen
18 Governor Pat Neff
19 There's a Man Going Around Taking Names
20 On A Monday
21 You Can't Lose Me Cholly
22 Keep Your Hands Off Her
23 We Shall Be Free (with Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston)
24 Alabama Bound
25 Almost Day
26 Fiddler's Dram
27 Green Corn
28 Sally Walker
29 Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy
30 Julie Ann Johnson
31 Linin' Track
32 Whoa Back, Buck
33 Shorty George
34 Ham and Eggs
35 Moanin'
36 Out on the Western Plains
37 Noted Rider
38 Meeting at the Building
39 Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Through the Valley
40 Ain't You Glad (The Blood Done Signed My Name)
41 I'm so Glad, I Done Got Over
42 The Hindenburg Disaster
43 Ella Speed
44 Haul Away, Joe
45 Old Man
46 Sweet Jenny Lee
47 Jean Harlow
48 Laura
49 Queen Mary
50 Good Morning Blues
51 Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
52 Easy Rider
53 Poor Howard
54 Duncan and Brady (Brady)
55 How Long
56 T.B. Blues
57 Jim Crow Blues
58 Pigmeat
59 John Hardy
60 Outskirts of Town
61 4, 5 and 9
62 In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
63 Red Cross Store Blues
64 Diggin' My Potatoes (I)
65 Blind Lemon
66 When A Man's A Long Way From Home
67 Alberta
68 Excerpt from the Lonesome Train
69 National Defense Blues
70 Hitler Song (Mr. Hitler)
71 Big Fat Woman
72 Been so Long (Bellevue Hospital Blues)
73 Irene (Intro) [Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 1]
74 Grey Goose (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 2)
75 Boll Weevil (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 3)
76 Yellow Gal (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 4)
77 Ha-Ha This a Way (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 5)
78 Leaving Blues (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 6)
79 Irene (Outro) [Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 7]
80 Irene (Intro) [Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 2/6/1941, Pt. 1]
81 Almost Day (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 2/6/1941, Pt. 2)
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