Jenny Jenkins. Who is she and why won't she wear anything but a foldy-roldy, tildy-toldy
seek-a-double, use-a-cause-a roll?
It's a mystery that must be solved.
Jenny Jenkins is a bluegrass, folk song of unknown origins.
It has become a popular childrens song and was turned into a book by Jerry Garcia & David Grisman some years ago. But that's about all I know.
Other than the fact that Ms. Jenkins refuses to wear any color clothes.
If you know you anything about the song enlighten us.
It's got me curious.
Lisa Loeb on Jenny Jenkins.
Here's one take on the lyrics...
Will you wear white
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear white, Jenny Jenkins?
No I won't wear white
For the color's too bright
Chorus
I'll buy me a foldy-roldy, tildy-toldy
Seek-a-double, use-a-cozza roll to find me
Roll, Jenny Jenkins, roll
Will you wear green
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear green, Jenny Jenkins?
No, I won't wear green
It's a shame to be seen
[chorus]
Will you wear blue
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear blue, Jenny Jenkins?
No, I won't wear blue
For the color's too true
[chorus]
Will you wear yellow
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear yellow, Jenny Jenkins?
No, I won't wear yellow
For I'd never get a fellow
[chorus]
Will you wear brown
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear brown, Jenny Jenkins?
No, I won't wear brown
For I'd never get around
[chorus]
Will you wear beige
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear beige, Jenny Jenkins?
No, I won't wear beige
For it shows my age
[chorus]
Will you wear orange
Oh my dear, oh my dear
Will you wear orange, Jenny Jenkins?
No, orange I won't wear
And it rhymes so there
[chorus]
What will you wear?
Oh my dear, oh my dear
What will you wear, Jenny Jenkins?
Oh what do you care
If I just go bare
In another version Jenny disses more colors. It goes like this...
(The Jean Ritchie & Pete Seeger version)
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I'm a little suprised that no one know what this song is about.
Jenny Jenkins is an old Arkansas term for home grown Marijuanna.
The old timers when smoking "Jenny Jenkins" took smoking her very seriously. It was almost a crime to smoke her anyother way than through a pipe.
Hence she wouldn't wear White (Zig Zags or rolling paper).
She wouldn't wear green referring to the 2-6 week drying process for good weed.
The blue refers to the fan leaves that need to be trimmed during the drying process. Some "Dirty Jenny" contained a mixture of the buds and the first fan leaf trimmings. Old timers refused it.
The yellow was a reference to lacing Jenny with Meth. A bad mixture, Jenny knew that it was impossible to get a "Fellow" because meth generally causes erectile disfunction.
The Brown refers to old-over age weed. Jenny knew no-one wants old bad weed. It never gets around.
Beige also refers to an aging weed. though Beige weed is smokable it is on the verge of going bad.
The orange that Jenny wouldn't wear refers to the practice of lacing Jenny with PCP. The effects of lacing Jenny with PCP were rarely negative, the old timers just didn't mess with it because well they didn't know why.
The chorus is pretty self explanatory, The young kids caught on to rolling joints and kept tempting the old timers to try it.
I hope that helps.
That should be worth a pack of candy cigs.
Well I must say Dave you rose to the top of this unofficial challenge.
Now that you've enlightened me/us to the true meaning of Jenny Jenkins, I really understand why it's such a popular kids song.
They love the weed.
Yeah I just pulled that one out of my ass.
Probably really about a girl that just isn't happy with her clothes.
I can't get past the fact that Lisa Loeb has eyebrows like an evil villain.
She's evil alright Paul.