Jolly Ole Rogers

Cat. #0817 (MFH #335) - As sung by Mrs. Norman Engler, Lakeview, Arkansas on April 16, 1969

VERSE 1
__ __ ____ __ ___ __ __Amsterdam
An' showered down blessing
Like rain in th spring
For Jolly Ole Rogers, th mender of tin
Go wing, go wang
Rattlety, rattlety, rattlety bang
There never was yet, a boy or a man
Who better could mend a kettle or pan
Or bucket or skimmer or dipper or pan
Than Jolly Ole rogers, th tin maker man

VERSE 2
Jolly ole Rogers had two pair of eyes
His gabs of called specs were uncommon in size
His nose like a strawberry, rosy an' red
T'was a snuffer by day, and a trumpht in bed
Go wing, go wang
Rattlety, rattlety, rattlety bang
There never was yet, a boy or a man
Who better could mend a kettle or pan
Or bucket or skimmer or dipper or pan
Than Jolly Ole rogers, th tin maker man

VERSE 3
Th Jolly Ole Rogers could not live always
Th nippers of death cut his life thread one day
Down in th cold dirt they tumbled him in
Poor Jolly Ole Rogers, th mender of tin
Go wing, go wang
Rattlety, rattlety, rattlety bang
There never was yet, a boy or a man
Who better could mend a kettle or pan
Or bucket or skimmer or dipper or pan
Than Jolly Ole rogers, th tin maker man

(collected by Jerry Hays)