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Thread #3065   Message #3213976
Posted By: GUEST,sburnam
28-Aug-11 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins: There Was a Bold Fisherman (Bogart??)
Subject: RE: Origins: There Was a Bold Fisherman (Bogart??)
The way my mother sang it:

There was a bold fisherman started forth from Barnegat
To catch the mild pogy (porgy?) and the brave mackerel
But ere he rove o'er Pimlico, the stormy winds they did begin to blow
[alt: But ere he rove o'er Pimlico, his little boat did wibble-wobble so]
His little boat did wibble-wobble so, plumb overboard fell he.

Twinky-doodle-um, twinky-doodle um, was the very interesting song he sung
Twinky-doodle-um, twinky-doodle um, the bold fisher-mun.