IN THE WILDERNESS

First little lady in the wilderness, in the wilderness
In the wilderness, in the wilderness
First little lady in the wilderness
On to Galilee

Chorus:
Hands up, round the lady,
Round the lady, round the lady,
Hands up, round the lady,
On to Galilee

Swing that lady out of the wilderness (etc.)

Next married lady down the wilderness (etc.)

Next old maid go down the wilderness (etc.)

Swing all the ladies out of the wilderness (etc.)

First old hobo in the wilderness (etc.)

First old soapstick in the wilderness (etc.)

(toothpick, slopbucket, gentleman)

From B.A. Botkin's American Play Party Songs (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1937), cited by Alan Lomax in Folk Songs of North America (p. 91-92).

The various forms of this song run the gamut from sincere to parody, from sacred to secular. I like how this version combines secular and sacred themes and becomes progressively more ridiculous.