Cat. #1301 (MFH #901) - As sung by Nora Walser, Helena, Arkansas on July 14, 1967
VERSE 1
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, O'Grady
A blacksmith's daughter by birth, by birth
She got tired of living
And wanted to leave this earth, this earth
VERSE 2
So, she swallowed a ruler, ruler
But dying by th inches was hard, was hard
So she went an' laid in th alley
An' there she died by th yard, th yard