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Thread #585 Message #3742935
Posted By: GUEST,GUEST
10-Oct-15 - 09:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/ADD: I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard
Years ago we put our old 78s onto CD, but failed to label them properly so I can't say who recorded it
I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard
Once there lived side by side, two pretty maids,
Used to dress just alike, hair down in braids,
New gingham pinafores, stockings of red,
Little sun bonnets tied on each pretty head.
Said one little playmate, come out and play with me,
And bring your dollies three, climb up my apple tree,
Look down my rain barrel, slide down my cellar door,
And we'll be jolly friends for evermore
But she couldn't come out and play,
and it was a bright and sunny day
With a tearful eye she breathed a sigh
and I could hear her say
I don't want to play in your yard,
I don't like you any more
Oh please don't be mad at me
And let me slide down your cellar door
You can't holler down my rain-barrel,
you can't climb my apple tree,
And you can't play no more in my yard
If you won't be good to me
I'll be good to you, as good as can be
And I'd like to come out and bring my dollies three
But there's something I forgot to tell yer
You did
Yeah
I'm sorry Playmate, I cannot play with oo
My dollie has the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Aint got no rain barrel, aint got no apple tree
You can use mine
Then we'll be jolly friends
Forever more
INSTRUMENTAL
Playmates
I cannot play with you,
My dolly's got the flu, boohoohoo-oo-oo
Ain't you got no rain barrel
Ain't you got no cellar door
But we'll be jolly friends, for ever
Let's be jolly playmates for ever more