Neither the words nor the tune of Lloyd's song correspond to the Border Morris version. A common version of the morris words is: 1. We had a little n****r, and he grew no bigger So we put him in the Wild West Show. He fell though the window, and he broke his little finger And he couldn't play his old banjo Chorus: Toora-loora-lye-doh Toora-loora-lye-eye-doh Toora-loora- lye-doh Playing on the old banjo Om si the gomsi, toora-lye-doh Om si the gomsi, toora-lay Om si the gomsi, toora-lye-doh Playing on the old banjo 2. My uncle Billy had a ten foot willy And he showed it to the girl next door. She thought it was a snake, so she hit it with a rake And now it's only five-foot-four.
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