The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10834 Message #1356720
Posted By: Azizi
14-Dec-04 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I Bought Me a Cat / Fiddle-i-Fee
Subject: Lyr Add: BOUGHT ME A WIFE (from Thomas W. Talley)
Here's a version of that song from Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book Negro Folk Rhymes:
BOUGHT ME A WIFE
Bought me a wife an' de wife please me, I feeds my wife un'er yon'er tree. My wife go, "Row-row!" My guinea go: "Potrack! Potrack!" My chicken go: "Gymsack! Gysack!" My duck go:"Quack-quack! "Quack-quack!" My dig go: "Bow-wow"! My hoss go: "Whee-whee"! Whee=whee!" My cat go: "Fiddle-toe!" "Fiddle-toe!" -- Does any one have any information on the origin of this song? Are there any published versions earlier than this one?