Common Bill

Cat. #0590 (MFH #100) - As sung by Olivia Hauser, Fayetteville, Arkansas on July 5, 1961

VERSE 1
I will tell you of a feller
Of a feller I have seen
He is neither black nor yeller
But he's altogether green

VERSE 2
His name is nothing charm'n
It is only common Bill
He wishes me to wed him
But I hardly think I will

VERSE 3
One night he came to see me
An' he made so long a stay
I began to think that blockhead
Never meant to go away

VERSE 4
He tells me of a cottage
Of a cottage 'mong th trees
Don't you know that, that there feller
Tumbled down upon his knees

VERSE 5
An' th tears that creature wasted
Were enough to turn a mill
He wish'ith me to wed him
But I hardly think I will

VERSE 6
He says, if I refuse him
He could not live one minute
Now, I know I would not choose him
But th very deuce is in it

VERSE 7
Now, you know th blessed Bible
Plainly says we must not kill
So I thought th matter over
An' I rather think I will

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