Cat. #0426 (MFH #59) - As sung by Mrs. George Ripley, Milford, Missouri on November 21, 1959
VERSE 1
I'm a jolly young farmer
Bill Stafford's my name
I'm living out west
In th county of Blane
My roof has no pitch
But as level as th plain
An' I always get wet
When it happens to rain
VERSE 2
Each night when I go t' bed
Th rattle snakes rattle
A tune at my head
While th sly ole cantipeed
Void of all fear
Crawls over my neck
An' into my ear
VERSE 3
Then, hurrah for Blane County
Th home of th free
An', th home of th bedbug
Grasshopper an' flea
I'll sing loud its praises
An' I'll tell of its fame
While I'm starving to death
On this government claim
VERSE 4
I'm goin' to Missouri
When I marry me a wife
An' I'll live on corn dodger
Th rest of my life