LET'S GO A HUNTING, SAYS RICHARD TO ROBERT

'Let's go a-hunting,' says Richard to Robert,
'Let's go a-hunting,' says Robin to Bobbin.
'Well, well," says Robin to Bobbin,
'Well, well,' says John all alone.

'Let's kill a squirrel,' says Richard to Robert,
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'Let's kill a squirrel.' says John all alone,
'Let's kill a squirrel,' says every one.

'Shoot, shoot,' says Richard to Robert,
'Shoot, shoot,' says Robin to Bobbin,
'Shoot, shoot,' says John all alone,
'Shoot, shoot,' says every one.


No title but the first line. Contributed in August 1916 by Mrs. E. E. Moffitt as "words of a song sung by 'Aunt Sophy,' the mammy-nurse of the children of Hon. Josephus Daniels and wife Addie (Bagley)
Daniels."

source: The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, volume 2 (no tune)