Folk Songs About Leap Day

February 29. Also celebrated as Sadie Hawkins' Day, when women may propose to men.

Frankie Armstrong: "Hares on the Mountain" ("Til the Grass O'ergrew the
Corn", Fellside)
Mark Humphreys "Leap Day" from his album of the same name, 1997.
Rookie Card - "2/29" - First Day of Class
John Wesley Harding - "Golden Glove" - Trad Arr Jones
(also on Mike Seeger's CD "Solo")
Grey de Lisle - Sharecroppin' Man - THE GRACEFUL GHOST/Sugar Hill
Not *quite* she-asks-he, but definitely the woman's choice, over two
generations in fact.
Sue Fink/ Leaping Lesbians/ Lesbian Concentrate (VA)
"Little Sadie" old tune played by Tony Rice, Dana Robinson, and many others
Lauren Sheehan: "Come On Down to My House" ("Some Old Lonesome Day")

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