I learned a different version from my Dad...PA coal mining region: Main singer, then each row repeated by followers and embellished where noted [ ] Old Ikey Stein, A friend of mine, Just for a joke, He bought a goat. One day that goat Was feeling fine, And ate three red Shirts off the line. [Shirts off the li -i -ine] Old Ike got mad, Gave him a whack, And tied him to The railroad track. The whistle blew, The train drew nigh, And that poor goat was doomed to die [Was doomed to die ie ie] He gave three groans of awful pain, Coughed up the shirts, And flagged the train! [And flagged the tra a ain!]
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