Roll Your Leg Over

Cat. #0376 (MFH #543) - As sung by Calvin "Bean" Colvin, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on July 15, 1959

VERSE 1
If all th young ladies were little white rabbits
I'd be a hare an' teach them bad habits
Roll your leg over, roll your leg over
Roll your leg over th man in th moon

VERSE 2
If all th young ladies were rushes a growin'
I'd get my sythe, I'd start in to mowin'
Roll your leg over, roll your leg over
Roll your leg over th man in th moon

VERSE 3
If all th young ladies were fish in th ocean
I'd be a shark an' I'd start a commotion
(Repeat as in above verses)

VERSE 4
If all them young ladies were sheep in th clover
I'd be a ram an' I'd ram them all over
(Repeat as above)

VERSE 5
If all th young ladies were little white vixen
I'd be a fox an' I'd chase an' I'd fix 'em
(Repeat as above)

VERSE 6
All th young ladies were grapes on th vine
I'd be a plucker an' have me a time
(Repeat as above)

VERSE 7
If all th young ladies were bells in th tower
I'd be a sexton an' bang on th hour
(Repeat as above)

VERSE 8
All them young ladies were bricks in th pile
I'd be a mason an' lay them in style
(Repeat as above)

VERSE 9
There's some who hide them, conceal 'em an' bind 'em
Heaven forbid I'm th kid who would find 'em
(Repeat as above)