"The Beaver Cap"

Oh, when I was a great big lad,
I never wore a hat, sir;
The greatest friend I ever had
Was my old beaver cap, sir.

Le tul da rol la tol dol day,
La tul da rol de day.

I thought so much of my old cap
I took it to bed, sir;
And every time that I woke up,
I popped it on my head, sir.

I went to town the other day
To try to buy a hat, sir;
When I came home, my mommy
Had a hen setting in my cap, sir

I took them eggs out one by one,
You bet I had some fun, sir;
I threw them at my mommy's head,
I hit her as she run, sir.

My poppy come home that very day,
You bet he made me jump, sir;
Made great big blisters on my rump,
With my old beaver cap, sir

Sung by Mrs. Allen Jenkins, Salina (n.d.; from Ethel and Chauncey Moore's Ballads and Songs of the Southwest (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964), 375-376.

"Although no early recordings of this song have been found, an 1860s composition, 'Sammy Slap the Bill Sticker,' shares a very similar meter format." From Guthrie Meade, ed. Country Music Sourcebook (Chapell Hill, 2002), 439.