Randolph's second reference, from Mrs. Violet Savory Justis in Clinton, Missouri on December 7th, 1928. This entry was sung to the tune of "The Captain With His Whiskers"

I was born in Jersey City
In Texas way down South,
And that is just the reason why
My voice is in my mouth.
The night was cold and stormy
And the wind was full of air,
There was people dying lately
Who had never died before.

Oh my father he was wealthy,
But 'twas only in his mind,
He put shutters on his windows
But he did it for a blind
With a club he used to wallop me
Till I'd kick up a row,
He'd be off the earth entirely
If he'd tried to do it now.

When I was three days old, my boys,
I worked upon a farm,
It was there I done the milking,
For my country life's a charm.
My mother used to take me out
And show me funny sights,
She showed me how the flowers bloomed
And how they come to light.

Oh my father had a Texas steer
That broke my temperance pledge,
I took two horns against my will,
As he fired me o'er a hedge.
He chased me here and chased me there
Till I ran to Washington,
That's why I got my pension
For the Battle of Bull Run.

The crickets they played cricket,
And the horse-flies they played horse,
The butterflies made butter,
And the grasshoppers horse and horse.
The gum-trees they were chewing gum
Drawn from the buttercups,
The cabbage was too far ahead
For the tomatoes to ketch up.

Oh the bullfrogs sang a merry song,
The cowfrogs laughed hi-hi,
The lightning-bugs made lightning
For the sweet bye and bye,
I'll never forget those funny sights
I saw on mother's knee,
The bumblebees were chasing bums
For ta-ra-bum-de-ay!