From American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922), page 236:


I BOUGHT ME A WIFE

I bought me a wife the tenth of June,
    Nickety nackety, now, now, now,
I brought her home by the light of the moon.
    High, willy, wally, and Jenny bang,
    Doodle, sandy go restego, now, now, now.

I bought two cows; they both were good.
I told her to milk whichever she would.

For want of a churn she used the old man's boot.
For want of a dasher she used his foot.

She made some cheese and hung it on a pin.
The grease ran out and the dirt sucked in.

The old book lies on the shelf.
If you want any more you can sing it yourself.