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Thread #96408   Message #1885275
Posted By: Peace
14-Nov-06 - 12:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hop Along Peter (Frank Dumont)
Subject: Lyr Add: HOP ALONG PETER (Fisher Hendley)
HOP ALONG PETER From Old Time String Band Songbook. From Fisher Hendley and his Aristocratic Pigs. Key of G. Recorded by Highwoods String Band.

Old Uncle Peter, he got tight
Started up to heaven on a stormy night
The road being rough and him not well
He lost his way and went to…

CHORUS: Hop along, Peter, where you going?
Hop along, Peter, where you going?
Hop along, Peter, won't you bear in mind
I ain't coming back till the gooseberry time.

Old Mother Hubbard and her dog were Dutch
A bow legged rooster and hobbled on a crutch
Hen chawed tobacco and the duck drank wine
The goose played the fiddle on the pumpkin vine. CHORUS

Down in the barnyard playing seven-up
The old tom cat and the little yellow pup
The old Mother Hubbard, she's a-picking out the fleas
The rooster in the cream jar up to his knees. CHORUS

I've got a sweet gal this here town
If she weighs an ounce, she weighs seven hundred
Every time my sweet girl turns once around
The heel of her shoe makes a hole in the ground. CHORUS

The above is from
www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/old-time-music/old-time-songs/old-time-songs-H.htm