His Faither Deed/ and Left Him a Horse
His faither deed
And left him a horse,
A bonny little horse
That gaed trot, trot, trot!
Wing, wing waddelery,
Jake sing saddelery,
Little boy waddelery
Under the broo!
He sellt the horse,
And he bocht a coo,
A bonny little coo
That said "Moo, moo, moo!"
He sellt the coo,
And he bocht a soo,
A bonny little soo
That said "Grumph, grumph, grumph!"
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Montgomerie SC (1948), 51 (no. 51). Cf. ODNR 164 (no. 156),
"My father he died, but I can't tell you how"; the first
text cited by the Opies is in Gammer Gurton's Garland,
1810, with chorus
With my wing wang waddle oh,
Jack sing saddle oh,
Blowsey boys bubble oh,
Under the broom.
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APR99
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!