The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #78094   Message #1401843
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
07-Feb-05 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old McDonald / Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Subject: ADD Version: Old Missouri
Another related song from Randolph.

Old Missouri

Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho,
And on this mule there were two ears, he-hi-he-hi-ho.
With a flip-flop here and a flip-flop there,
And here a flop and there a flop and everywhere a flip-flop
Old Misouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho.

Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho,
And on this mule there was a tail, he-hi-he-hi-ho.
With a switch-switch here, and a switch-switch there,
And here a switch and there a switch and everywhere a switch-switch,
Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho.

Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho,
And on this mule there were two heels, he-hi-he-hi-ho.
With a kick-kick here, and a kick-kick there,
Here a kick and there a kick and everywhere a kick-kick,
Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho.

Sung by Mr. H. F. Walker, Missouri, 1922.
Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, 1980, vol. 3, no. 458, pp. 212-213.