Lyr add: THE SNORING MAID
Collected from Mr. C. L. Walnut, in Shade, Missouri March 10, 1941.
When he first heard it in 1899 people called it "The Snoring Maid."

I was out last night a-crawlin' and a-creepin'
I was out last night a-crawlin' and a-creepin'
I was out last night a-crawlin' and a-creepin'
And I spied a fair Maiden a-snorin' and a-sleepin'
Just lay your leg over me, do.

Says I, "My pretty Monarch, I'll come to bed with you."
Says I, "My pretty Monarch, I'll come to bed with you."
Says I, "My pretty Monarch, I'll come to bed with you."
She snored and replied, "Just come to bed with me."
An' lay your leg over me, do.

Your drawers is so tight I cannot undo them,
Your drawers is so tight I cannot undo them,
Your drawers is so tight I cannot undo them,
She snored and replied, "Then take a knife to them."
An' lay your leg over me, do.

I haven't owned a knife since I can remember,
I haven't owned a knife since I can remember,
I haven't owned a knife since I can remember,
She snored and replied, "There's a knife in the winder."
Just lay your leg over me, do.

The knife it was got and the drawers cut under,
The knife it was got and the drawers cut under,
The knife it was got and the drawers cut under,
An' then they went at it like lightnin' and thunder.
Just lay your leg over me, do.

In about nine months the maid fell a weepin',
In about nine months the maid fell a weepin',
In about nine months the maid fell a weepin',
An' then she remembered the snorin' and a-creepin'.
An' lay your leg over me, do.

The baby was born and it was an awful wonder,
The baby was born and it was an awful wonder,
The baby was born and it was an awful wonder,
That it wasn't killed by the lightning and thunder
An' lay your leg over me, do.