Lyr. Add: "SINGING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
Version from North Carolina, coll. 1914

(Text lacks first four verses, but runs to number 12)
1
I will sing.
What will you sing?
I will sing the fifth.
What is the fifth?
Five is the firemen in the boat,
And two of them were strangers;
Two of them were little white babes
All dressed in morning granger;
One of them was God alone,
Shout every nation!
2
..........
The six is the gospel preacher;
etc.
3
Seven is the seven stars in the sky,
4
Eight is the eight archangels;
5
Nine is the night that the star shone bright,
6
Ten are the ten commandments;
7
Eleven is the eleven apostles;
8
I will sing.
What will you sing?
I'll sing the twelve.
What is the twelve?
Twelve is the twelve disciples;
Eleven is the eleven apostles;
Ten are the ten commandments;
Nine is the night that the star shone bright,
And eight is the eight archangels;
Seven is the seven stars in the sky,
And six is the gospel preacher;
Five is the firemen in the boat,
And two of them were strangers;
Two of them were little white babes
All dressed in morning granger;
One of them was God alone
Shout every nation!

Pp. 200-202, no musical score. The two versions given are headed, "50, The Dilly Song."
Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, vol. Two. Folk Ballads from North Carolina, ed. H. M. Belden and A. P. Hudson; 1952, Duke University Press.