Here's the version I heard Mike Seeger sing in 1978 at a festival: Old Mother Logo, she got drunk Fell in the fire and she kicked up a chunk A red hot coal got in her shoe And it's good god almighty how the ashes flew Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay Old Mother Logo, fare thee well She tried to cross a river in a pumpkin shell The river was deep and the river was wide And she never did make it to the other side Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay Oh, my poor children Oh, how they did cry Some got sick and some got drownded Some got choked on chicken pit Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay Doodle adle oo da do da do da Doodle adle oo da do die ay
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