Collected by Charley B. Davis For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors
Sung by Fred High High, Arkansas November 24, 1958
Reel 279, Item 2
The Old Man Went to Feed his Pigs and Got in Trouble
Old man went out to the bam
To feed them pigs and get a little com,
Sing, whoppa dewey dewey dem,
A-whoppa dewey dewey dem, a di dee oh.
He heard a pig squeal and he turned around;
There laid a pig right flat on the ground,
Sing, whoppa dewey dewey dem,
A-whoppa dewey dewey dem, a di dee oh.
He turned around to help the pig up;
The old sow jumped on him and like to et him up, Sing, whoppa dewey dewey dem,
A-whoppa dewey dewey dem, a di dee oh.
Sal and Kate spinning by the fire,
Oh, run and get the camphor,
Sing, whoppa dewey dewey dem,
A-whoppa dewey dewey dem, a di dee oh.
Rub a little on and a little for to smell,
Oh, yes, he‘s a-getting nearly well,
Sing, whoppa dewey dewey dem,
A-whoppa dewey dewey dem, a di dee oh.