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Thread #22880 Message #2296530
Posted By: Goose Gander
24-Mar-08 - 11:15 AM
Thread Name: Penguin: When I Was A Little Boy
Subject: RE: Penguin: When I Was A Little Boy
Sung by: Mrs. Mills Gammill Recorded in Timbo, AR, 7/30/53
When I was a little boy, to London I'd go. (Whistle) When I was a little boy, to London I'd go; I'd sit upon a picket like a monkey at a show, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
I set there as a giant passed by. (Whistle) I set there as a giant passed by; I looked up on him and his head was in the sky, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
He banged me a wrastle with a hop step jump run. (Whistle) He banged me a wrastle with a hop step jump run; Took him by the cuff of the neck and I slung him over town, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
Anybody here ever see this deed I done? (Whistle) Anybody here ever see this deed I done? The gold and the silver they give me weighed five thousand ton, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
When I travel, I travel like an ox. (Whistle) When I travel, I travel like an ox, And in my britches' pocket I carry my little box, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
When I lay down both tired and lame, (Whistle) When I lay down both tired and lame, I snore so loud they can hear me in Spain, To my rye ding-a-ding, ding, diddle all the day.
Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #357; Brown, Vol. III, #131.