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Thread #80306 Message #4216911
Posted By: Joe Offer
08-Feb-25 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nothin' but a Humbug
Subject: ADD Version You're Nothin' but a Humbug
YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A HUMBUG (as sung by Geoff Kaufman)
You're nothin' but a humbug So they say, so they say You're nothin' but a humbug And that's all I know
There's a catfish growin' on a huckleberry vine So they say, so they say There's a catfish growin' on a huckleberry vine And that's all I know
I said, you're nothing but a humbug So they say, so they say You're nothin' but a humbug That's all I know
Well Dandy Jim from North Carolina He come home for to marry Dinah
I said, you're nothing but a humbug …
Well I never seen the like since I been born Sailor on the fife-rail crackin' out corn
I said, you're nothing but a humbug …
Now, the blackbird said unto the crow Why do you bother that farmer so Well that's been that way since Adam was born Scratchin' and diggin' up farmers' corn
I said, you're nothing but a humbug …
Now, the blackbird unto that crow Don't tell the pretty gals all I know So, it's hoist her high and hoist her dry Hoist her high for a bulgine pie