This song can be heard at The Internet Archive (Click for an mp3.) Obviously, this is a version of OUR GOODMAN (Child No. 274) and H&J have not altered it much, beyond putting it in their vernacular.


COME HERE, MY LITTLE WIFEY
As sung by Homer & Jethro (and a female voice unknown to me)

The first night when I come home as drunk as I could be,
I found a horse in the stable where my horse orta be. [ought to]
Come here, my little wifey. Explain this thing to me.
How come a horse in the stable where my horse orta be?
"Oh, you fool, you crazy fool! Can't you never see?
It's nothin' but a milk cow my granny sent to me."
Well, I've looked this wide world over a thousand times or more,
But a saddle on a milk cow's back I never seen before.

The second night when I come home as drunk as I could be,
I found a coat on the coat-rack where my coat orta be.
Come here, my little wifey. Explain this thing to me.
Home come a coat a-hangin' on the rack where my coat orta be?
"Oh, you fool, you crazy fool! Can't you never see?
It's nothin' but a bed quilt my granny sent to me."
Well, I've looked this wide world over a thousand times or more,
But pockets on a bed quilt I never seen before.

The third night when I come home as drunk as I could be,
I found a head on the piller where my head orta be. [pillow]
Come here, my little wifey. Explain this thing to me.
How come a head on the piller where my head orta be?
"Oh, you fool, you crazy fool! Can't you never see?
It's nothin' but a cabbage head my granny sent to me."
Well, I've looked this wide world over a thousand times or more,
But a mustache on a cabbage head I've never seen before.