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WUNST I HAD AN OLD GRAY MARE
a to h. No. 1483. Ella Sibert, Horse Creek, Clay County, Ky., 1937. See Sh, 2:326.
i Wunst I had an old gray mare, (2)
And her back wore out and her belly bare.
Chorus:
Taddle diddle dink dink, taddle diddle day 3 Taddle diddle dink dink, taddle diddle day.
2  Then I turned her down the creek, Purpose of a little green grass to eat.
3  Then I took her darned old tracks,
And I found her in a mudhole flat of her back.
4  Then I feelding very stout,
Took her by the tail and I hoist her out.
5  Then I thought it was no sin,
I hoist up my knife and I skinned her skin.
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