The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13830   Message #115669
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Sep-99 - 04:24 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Over There
Subject: Lyr Add: OVER THERE^^
Another song to the same tune is the union song, Step by Step.
Click here to get to The Wonderful Song of "OVER THERE!" "A Doleful Ballad, One of the 'Olden Time.'" Here's what I read from the Levy sheet music. Maybe somebody with better eyesight (or a better monitor) can make corrections:
OVER THERE

Oh! potatoes they grow small,
Over there!
Oh! potatoes they grow small,
Over there!
Oh! potatoes they grow small,
'Cause they plant 'em in the fall,
And then eats 'em tops and all,
Over there!

Oh! the candles they are small,
Over there!
Oh! the candles they are small,
Over there!
Oh! the candles they are small,
For they dips 'em lean and tall,
And then burns 'em sticks and all,
Over there!

Oh! I wish I was a geese,
All forlorn!
Oh! I wish I was a geese,
All forlorn!
Oh! I wish I was a geese,
'Cause they lives and dies in peace,
And accumulates much grease,
Eating corn!

Oh! they had a clam pie,
Over there!
Oh! they had a clam pie,
Over there!
Oh! they had a clam pie,
And the crust was made of rye—
You must eat it! or must die,
Over there!
-Joe Offer-^^