I have heard that although Carpenter only recorded one verse and chorus he kept separate files of lyrics. So far I have not been able to substantiate the truth of this. Here are the lyrics I have to NOTHIN' BUT A HUMBUG: Well you're nothin' but a humbug So they say, so they say Well you're nothin' by a humbug That's all I know Well, a catfish grow on a huckleberry vine So they say, so they say Catfish grow on a huckleberry vine And that's all I know I said, you're nothing but a humbug So they say, so they say Well you're nothin' by a humbug That's all I know Well Dandy Jim from North Carolina He's come home for to marry Dinah I said, you're nothing but a humbug … Well I never seen the like since I been born Sailor on the fife-rail crackin' out corn I said, you're nothing but a humbug … One day the blackbird said to the crow Why do you love your farmer so I said, you're nothing but a humbug … Well that's my trade since Adam was born Scratchin' and a-diggin' up farmers' corn I said, you're nothing but a humbug … Said the blackbird to the crow Don't tell those pretty gals all I know I said, you're nothing but a humbug … Well high and dry, we'll hoist her high Hoist her high for a bulgine pie full chorus twice
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