Collected by Helen McAllister For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Sue Holley and
Sung by Dr. Fount Richardson Fayetteville, Arkansas July 17, 1959
Helen McAllister
Reel 289, Item 2
The Hamburg Fair
Well, I'm going to the Hamburg show
See the lion and the wild kangaroo
Oh, we'll all go together sunshine or rainy weather
We'll stay and see the whole show thru.
Ladies and gentlemen, immediately following the main performance
There'll be under the big canvas what is known as the wild west show There'll be bronco riding, wild steer busting and fancy lariat throwing For the small sum of 25, quarter of a dollar, stay in your seats and see The greatest aggregation of animals ever assembled under one canvas.
How many brother?
Well, I'm going to the Hamburg show
See the lion and the wild kangaroo
Oh, we'll all go together sunshine or rainy weather
We'll stay and see the whole show thru.
See Meat-o-condria, that strange animal captured in mid-ocean, 50,000 miles from land or sea Meat-o-condria acts like a human, eats and talks and walks in her husband's sleep.
Let her go, professor.
Well, I'm going to the Hamburg show
See the lion and the wild kangaroo
Oh, we'll all go together sunshine or rainy weather
We'll stay and see the whole show thru.
It's rooti-toot-toot, the old family remedy
Good for mumps, bumps, humps, gumps, skunks, stumps,
jumps
(Cont'd)
