There are a couple of references online:

This one is a relative:
APPLES OF EDEN (1945):

A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FOLK-LORE

Gathered from cowboys,college boys, and latino americanos by a liberal who does not believe that these choice morsels shoxild be thrown out of American Literature because of their vigorous and unconventional language. After all, a manure pile by any other namew would smell no better! And even a manure pile has its values.



Resurrection
Fire in the mountains, snakes in the grass,
An old man died with a cob up his ass.
The cob flew out and the wind blew in,
And the old man came to life again.



Also this one quotes the words you have: WhatAll

ITS BEEN SAID: Silly North Carolina country ditty from the early 1900s.

From our 93 yr old friend Johnny Winstead. His Uncle Gideon ("Giddy") taught it to him. Its about "The old cow":

"The old cow died with a rag in its mouth.
The rag blew out. The wind blew in.
And the old cow came to life again."

Johnny says Uncle Gideon "had about as big a handlebar mustache as you ever saw."


Mick