Cat. #0171 (MFH #315) - As sung by Mr. Fred Smith, Bentonville, Arkansas on June 23, 1958
VERSE 1
I was born in Jersey City
In Chicago, near th South
And that's th very reason why
My voice is in my mouth
VERSE 2
T'was a hot and frosty evening
Th wind was full of air
There's people dying this year
Who never dyed their hair
VERSE 3
My wife she had th headache
She had it again and again
I throwed her thru th window
Jest to take away th pain
VERSE 4
A man pulled up th river
He pulled up by th roots
A miser can't hide money
In ice an' cowhide boots
VERSE 5
The oyster plant is in a stew
Th cowslip ate th buttercup
Th cabbage got so far ahead
Th tomato could'nt catch up
VERSE 6
I laid down in th river
Because it had a bed
I took a sheet of water
And pulled it over my head
VERSE 7
My Father had a great big steer
He simply was amense
He ran his horns clean thru my pants
And throwed me o'er the fence
VERSE 8
He ran me here, he ran me there
He ran me to Washington
There I received th pension
For th battle of bull run
VERSE 9
I been taking lectric bitters
To set my liver at right
And I hain't been sick fer eight weeks since
We've had electric lights
VERSE 10
A lady by a sewer
And by a sewer she died
And at the corners inquest
It was said, was sewercide
VERSE 11
Th crows are making crowbars
Th hayroots making hay
And th bumblebees are making bums
Fer ta-ra-boom-de-a