My mon just sang this to me a few monthes back! We were remembering songs she sang to me at bathtime when I was a little girl. So heres my version:
I got a gal I do Her name was Slewfoot Sue She was chief enginer at the shirt-tail factory Down by the riverside slough Her form was all she had She had a face like a soft shell crab A stiff upper lip like the rudder of a ship My god but she was sad!
Oh my gals a kappa She chews tobacco Sits on the fireside and spits on the floor And in my future life she's gonna be my wife How in the heck did you find that out? Well she told me so
So we'll build a bamboo bungalow for two Room enough for the whole fam-damily Room enough for one, two, three, four And when we marry happy we'll be Underneath the shady bamboo b-a-m-boo tree
I love you b-e-s-t best of all the r-e-s-t rest For l-o-v-e love you all the t-i-m-e time If you'll be m-i-n-e mine I'll be t-h-i-n-e thine For I'll l-o-v-e love you all the t-i-m-e time!
My mom heard it from her mom and she heard it from her mom who was born around 1900. Hope that helps you out.