The version in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag is just a bit different, and Sandburg's background note is a kick. Here 'tis:

In de Vinter Time

In de vinter, in de vinter-time,
Ven de vin' blows on de vindow-pane
An' de vimmen, in de vaud'vil
Ride de veloc'pede in de vestibule,
Ah, vimmens!
Ah, mens!

Notes: This is sung by superincumbent cucumbers in Iowa and elsewhere. We have it from students and faculty members of Cornell College. The tempo is mazurka and came with Polish and Czeko-Slovak emigration to the Corn Belt.

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The Traditional Ballad Index lists only the Sandburg version:

In de Vinter Time

DESCRIPTION:

In de vinter, in de vinter-time,
Ven de vin' blows on de vindow-pane,
An' de vimmen, in de vaud'vil,
Ride de veloc'pede in de vestibule,
Ah, vimmins!
Ah, mens!"

AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg)
KEYWORDS: nonsense
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sandburg, p. 334, "In de Vinter Time" (1 short text, 1 tune)
DT, VINTIME
File: San334

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