When I was a little boy, I lived by myself.
All the bread and cheese I had I put it on the shelf.

CHORUS: Wing wong waddle
To my Jack straw straddle
To my Johnny fair faddle
To my long ways home.

Rats and the mice they led me such a life
I had to go to London to get myself a wife. CHORUS:

Lanes were so long and roads were so narrow
I had to bring her home in an old wheel barrow. CHORUS:

Broke my wheelbarrow and I fall
Then came my wife all and all. CHORUS.

Swapped my wheelbarrow got me a cow
When I rode I just learned how. CHORUS:

Swapped my cow and got me a mouse
Then he burnt down my house. CHORUS: