Yaller Ribbon

Around her neck she wore a yaller ribbon,
She wore it in December and in the month of May.
When we asked her why the hell she wore it,
She said it was for her lover who was fur-fur away,
Fur away, fur away, fur away, fur away,
For her lover who was fur, fur away.

Around the house she wore a mother hubbard, etc.

Around the block she wheeled a baby carriage, etc.


This is from Bawdy Ballads and Lusty Lyrics (John Henry Johnson, Editor, 1935)