Not much attention has been paid to this old song in Mudcat. Here are a couple.

Lyr. Add: THE PLOUGHBOY IN LUCK

My father he died, but I can't tell you how,
He left me six horses to drive in my plough:
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack's lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh! Over the brow.

I sold my six horses and bought me a cow,
I'd have fain made a fortune, but didn't know how:
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack's lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.

I sold my cow and bought me a calf
I never made a bargain, but I lost the better half:
With a whim, etc.

I sold my calf and bought me a cat,
To lie before the fire and warm its little back:
With a whim, etc.

I sold my cat and bought me a mouse,
But she fired her tail and burnt down my house:
With a whim, etc.

From Iona and Peter Opie, 1960 corr. ed., The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, p. 180.

The same song in Baring Gould and Sharp:

The Foolish Boy

Verses identical, but refrain different.

My father died and I cannot tell how,
He left me six horses to follow the plough.
With a wing-wang-waddle, O!
Jack sold his saddle O!
Blossy boys, bubble O! under the broom.

Verses 2-5 the same as in the Opie's "Ploughboy." A sixth verse is added:

I have nothing to buy, and I've nothing to sell,
And how I shall live, I am sure I cannot tell.
With a wing-wang-waddle, O! etc.

S. Baring Gould and Cecil J. Sharp, "English Folk-Songs for Schools, no. 52, p. 106-107 with music.

The refrain seems to have first appeared in Gammer Gurton (but is absent in the 1810 issue).