So I also learned this version. A long game of telephone from Girl Scout to Girl Scout relayed the song a lot differently. We’d go through three rounds of the song, each varying slightly than the initial lyrics. Highly catchy, extremely annoying... but I’d love to know the full thing, if there are more verses to this version or if you can add to the lines that I am missing in the second round; that would be a huge help. Thanks! Round One (To be sung between multiple people. One as the leader says, “this is a repeat after me song.” To which the others in the group reply with, “This is a repeat after me song!” A bit louder than the leader.) “This is a repeat after me song!” “This is a repeat after me song! My highland goat was feeling fine ate all my shorts right off the line I grabbed a stick and gave a whack and tied him to a railroad track a whistle blew the train grew nigh my highland goat was sure to die he gave a groan of mortal pain coughed up my shorts And flagged the train, Begin again. Round two (To be sung all together as a group.) My highland goat, not a chicken but a goat. was feeling fine, had a glass of wine. ate all my shorts, red, white, and blue. right off the line, ‘twas made of twine. I grabbed a stick, not a branch but a stick. and gave a whack, smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! and tied him to, with a knot, not a noose. a railroad track, (not a road but a track?) [Not sure on this one.] a whistle blew, (?) the train grew nigh, (?) my highland goat, not a chicken but a goat. was sure to die, goodbye goodbye. he gave a groan, OH! (to be yelled out in anguish) of mortal pain, OH! (A little more anguish) coughed up my shorts, red, white, and blue. And flagged the train, begin again! Round Three (Again, sang as a group) My highland goa-y-oaty-oaty-oaty-oat was feeling fine-y-iney-iney-iney-ine ate all my short-y-orty-orty-orty-orty-orts right off the line-y-iney-iney-iney-ine I grabbed a stick-y-icky-icky-icky-ick and gave a whack-y-acky-acky-acky-ack and tied him to-y-ooey-ooey-ooey-oo a railroad track-y-acky-acky-acky-ack a whistle blew-y-ewey-ewey-ewey-ew the train grew nigh-y-ighey-ighey-ighey-I my highland goat-y-oaty-oaty-oaty-oat was sure to die-y-iey-iey-iey-ie he gave a groan-y-oany-oany-oany-oan of mortal pain-y-ainy-ainy-ainy-ainy-ain coughed up my short-y-orty-orty-orty-orts flagged down the train-y-ainy-ainy-ainy-ain
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