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Thread #49169   Message #3560080
Posted By: GUEST,Autoharper
20-Sep-13 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mary Had a Little Lamb (parody)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mary Had a Little Lamb (parody)
Sam Hinton (1917-2009) learned this in his childhood:

MARY HAD A WILLIAM GOAT

Mary had a william goat,
A william goat, a william goat;
Mary had a william goat,
Its stomach was lined with zinc.

` It followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day;
It followed her to school one day
And drank a pint of ink.

One day it ate an oyster can,
Oyster can, oyster can.
One day it ate an oyster can
And a clothesline full of shirts.

Shirts can do no harm inside,
Harm inside, harm inside.
Shirts can do no harm inside --
But an oyster can!

The can was filled with dynamite,
Dynamite, dynamite;
The can was filled with dynamite,
Which Billy thought was cheese.

Hew rubbed against poor Mary's legs,
Mary's legs, Mary's legs.
He rubbed against poor Mary's legs,
But the pain he could not ease.

A sudden flash of girl and goat,
Girl and goat, girl and goat.
A sudden flash of girl snd gost
And they no more were seen.

(Slowly)
Mary's souls to Heaven went,
Heaven went, Heaven went.
Mar's soul to Heaven went,
But Billy's went to --

(normal speed)
Whoop de doo, de doodle doo,
Doodle doo, Doodle doo.
Whoop de doo de doodle doo
(still faster!)
Billy's went to Heaven too!