Cat. #0416 (MFH #100) - As sung by Mrs. Olive Coberley, Wheatland, Missouri on September 9, 1959
VERSE 1
I will tell you of a fellow
Of a fellow I have seen
He is neither white nor yellow
But he's altogether green
VERSE 2
Last night he came to see me
An' he made so long a stay
I began to think th blockhead
Never meant to go away
VERSE 3
He has asked me for to marry
But th very duce is in it
For he says, if I refuse him
He cannot live a minute
VERSE 4
Now, you know th blessed Bible
Plainly says, we must not kill
So, I thought th matter over
An' I rather think I will