James M. Carpenter collected a stronger version of one familiar stanza in Wicklow, Ireland (!), in 1928. The singer had learned it from "Southern negro [sic] singers." It was tacked on to another, unrelated song:
The Yanks they took me prisoner, And they gave me my parole; They axed me if I'd fight for them, But I said "No! damn yo' soul!"
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