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              Collected by
Mary Celestia Parler;
Transcribed by
Neil Byer
Columbus Vaughan
Wayton, Ark.
October 2, 1954
Reel 212, Item 3
There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
A hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
Log in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a knot on the log in the hole in the bottom
of the sea,
A knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a frog on the knot on the log in the hole
in the bottom of the sea,
There's a frog on the knot on the log in the hole
in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a wart on the frog on the knot on the log
in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a wart on the frog on the knot on the log
in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hair on the wart on the frog on the knot
on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hair on the wart on the frog on the knot
on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
Reel 212, Item 3, con't
There's a chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on
the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the
sea,
There's a chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on
the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the
sea,
There's a hole, there's a whole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a germ on the chigger on the hair on the wart
on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in
the bottom of the sea,
There's a germ on the chigger on the hair on the wart
on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in
the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.

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Title	There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
First Line	There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
Performer	Vaughan, Columbus
Performance Location (Town)	Wayton (Ark.)
Performance Location (County)	Newton County (Ark.)
Performance Location (State)	Arkansas
Performance Date	1954-10-02
Collector	Parler, Mary Celestia
Transcriber	Byer, Neil
Genre	a capella singing
Instrumentation	voice
Subject (Library of Congress)	Animals Bodies of water
Subject (Ethnographic Thesaurus)	animals bodies of water
Keywords	Sea, Frog, Chigger
Language	English
Brown Collection	yes
Combs Number	365
Transcript	Collected by Mary Celestia Parler; Transcribed by Neil Byer Columbus Vaughan Wayton, Ark. October 2, 1954 Reel 212, Item 3 There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea There's a hole in the bottom of the sea, A hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, Log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, A knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. Reel 212, Item 3, con't There's a chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a whole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea. There's a germ on the chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a germ on the chigger on the hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
Analog Location	212:3
Type	Sound; Text
Digital Format	application/pdf; audio/mp3
Digital Publisher	University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville
Digital Collection	Ozark Folksong Collection
Rights and Reproductions	Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17). It is the responsibility of the user to determine the rights status and secure permissions for the use of this item.
Funded By	Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
Identifier	FolkProjectr212t3use

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