The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #170202 Message #4215699
Posted By: and e
22-Jan-25 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is The Little Fly ?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is The Little Fly ?
Two Little Gnats
Two little gnats along they few They (fffft) on me and the (fffft) on you They (fffft) and (fffft) all over they place And they wiped their feet in the pretty girl's face
One was black, the other was blue One had rings on his tra-la-lu The other had rings around his ringy-dingy-ding High-ho the derry-oh.
They few right over to the grocery store They (fffft) and they (fffft) all over the floor They (fffft) on the sugar and they (fffft) on the tea And if I'd of been there they'd of (fffft) on me.
When the grocery man saw what they'd done He went and he got his gatling gun He shot and he shot all over the place But the two little gnats just (fffft) in his face
Two little gnats were just so slick They showed that grocery man a trick They (fffft) on the cheese and they (fffft) on the ham And they (fffft) and they (fffft) on the grocery man.
And when they'd done their dirty work They went and crawled up the lady clerk They climb her leg above her knee And tickled her to ecstasy
They fluttered so fast they made her cry She blushed and breathed, "Oh me. Oh my." She closed her legs and held her breath And two little gnats were smothered to death.
April 26, 2005. Transcribed from the singing of Bob Coltman. Recording in the Jack Horntip Collection.