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WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY (SWAPPING SONGS) Sung by: Mrs. W.B. Apple Recorded in Huff, AR 1/1/62 Click here to listen to the original recording When I was a little boy just began to . . . (?), Had six horses all in a row. Chorus: Come a vee-vie-veddle, On my jack-jack straddle, I’m a little boy under the bloom. Trade my horses off for a cow, Ain’t that a pretty thing to milk now. (Chorus) Trade my cow off for a goose, Ain’t that a pretty thing to put on the roost. (Chorus) Trade my goose off for a hen, Ain’t that a pretty thing to put in a pen. (Chorus) Trade my hen off for a mouse, Set his tail afire and burnt up the house. (Chorus) Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #357, “When I Was a Little Boy”; Brown, Vol. II, #196, “Swapping Songs.” |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |