OLD WOMAN ALL SKIN AND BONES
Sung by: Mrs. W.B. Apple
Recorded in Huff, AR 9/5/61

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There was an old woman all skin and bones,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
She went to the doctor and this she said,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Will I be this way when I am dead?”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Yes, you’ll be that way when you are dead.”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.

She went back home, and she went to bed,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Yes, I’ll be this way when I am dead.”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
Boo!

Also found in Brown, Vol. III, #142; Belden, p. 502.

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