The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77559   Message #3710430
Posted By: GUEST
20-May-15 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Johnny Fell Down in the Bucket
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Johnny Fell Down in the Bucket
I learned this song at an all girls camp, many of our camp songs with male main characters were naturally changed to females (for example we sang "father Abraham, had many DAUGHTERS..." etc.). This song was one of those that was changed, so it went something like this, though I probably have the name wrong.

Oh Sally went down in the bucket,
The bucket went down in the well,
Someone let go of the bucket,
And Sally went down into...

Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
Sweet are the voices we hear from afar,
Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
She played on her Spanish guitar.

Now Sally was walkin' in Hades,
As meek and as mild as a lamb,
She stepped on a red hot poker,
And said "well I'll be..."

Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
Sweet are the voices we hear from afar,
Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
She played on her Spanish guitar.

The devil heard Sally a cussin',
And locked her right up in a cell,
He said "Now young lady you must understand,
They'll be no more cussin' in..."

Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
Sweet are the voices we hear from afar,
Ting a ling, ling ling ling, tra la la la,
She played on her Spanish guitar!