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MILKING PAILS 381 |
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Where's the money to buy it with, To buy it with, to buy it with, Where's the money to buy it with, To me, I, O, OM ?
[Then the following verses—]
Sell my father's feather bed.
Where will your father sleep ?
My father can sleep in the boys' bed.
Where will the boys sleep ?
The boys can sleep in the pig-sty.
Where will the pigs sleep ?
The pigs can sleep in the wash-tub.
Where shall I wash my clothes ?
You can wash them in a thimble.
A thimble is not large enough.
You can wash them in an egg-shell.
An egg-shell would not hold them.
You can wash them by the river side.
But what if I should fall in ?
We'll get a rope and pull you out,
To me, I, O, OM. -Sheffield (S. O. Addy).
V. Mother, come buy me two milking-pails, Two milking-pails, two milking-pails, Mother, come buy me two milking-pails, O sweet mother o' mine.
[Then verses beginning with the following lines—]
Where shall I get my money from, O sweet daughter o' mine ?
Sell my father's feather beds. Where shall your father sleep ? Sleep in the servant's bed. Where shall the servant sleep ? Sleep in the washing-tub. Where shall I wash the clothes ? Wash them in the river. |
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