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WIM WAM WADDLES My grandfather died and I didn't know how I wanted a horse but he left me his cow Wim wam waddles, Jack stick swaddles Rosabow, rosabow, Way went the broom So I had a little cow and he had a little calf Thought I had a bargain but I lost one half So I sold me little cow and I bought a little dog A pretty little creature to keep off the mob So I sold me little dog and I bought a little goose He walked so many miles that his legs got loose So I sold me little goose and I bought a little cat A pretty little creature to keep off the rats So I sold me little cat and bought a little mouse The fire on its tail set fire to my house My grandfather died and left me all alone I don't know how it is, but I haven't got a home @kids @animal @nonsense chorus also reported as: With my wing, wing, waddle o Jackie sing saddle o Bessie be the babble o Under the broom (Gregson, Cumbrian Songs & Ballads) collected from mummers in Dorset by BBC recorded on Folksongs of Britain 10 filename[ WIMWAMWD SOF |
Wim Wam Waddles (collected from Harry Greening and chorus of Dorsetshire Mummers, Dorchester, Dorset, 1936 (Peter Kennedy, Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland, 1975; presuming the information he gives is accurate). Midi made from notation in Kennedy.) |
