The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #19663   Message #201659
Posted By: Jeri
26-Mar-00 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: Origins: I'm a Rowdy Soul.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm a Rowdy Soul.
It doesn't appear to be in the DT. This is from memory. There are verses I'm forgetting, so if anyone can add to it...

I didn't plant no corn this year
Didn't plant no beans or tomatoes
I didn't plant no corn this year
But damn them Irish taters

I'm a rowdy soul, I'm a rowdy soul
And I don't care whether I work or not
I'm a rowdy soul, a rowdy soul
And I don't care whether I work or not

Next time I build my house
Gonna build my chimney higher
Mud daubers keep flyin' around
And puttin' me out of my fire.

Come here dog and get your bone
And tell me what shoulder do you want it on
A penny off, a penny on
One more verse and I'll be gone

(...at which point, you'd sort of expect another verse.)

Can anyone add to this? If I think of the other verses, I'll post them.