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MAMA, BUY ME A CHINY DOLL Sung by: Almeda Riddle Recorded in Miller, AR 9/10/60 Click here to listen to the original recording Mama, buy me a chiny doll, Mama, buy me a chiny doll, Do, Mama, do. What'll I take to buy it with? What will I take to buy it with? What will I take to buy it with? Do, Mama, do. Take Daddy's feather bed, Take Daddy's feather bed, Take Daddy's feather bed, Do, Mama, do. Where would your Daddy sleep? Where would your Daddy sleep? Where would your Daddy sleep? Do, Mama, do. Sleep in the piggy's bed, Sleep in the piggy's bed, Sleep in the piggy's bed, Do, Mama, do. Where would the piggy sleep? Where would the piggy sleep? Where would the piggy sleep? Do, Mama, do. Sleep in the puppy's bed, Sleep in the puppy's bed, Sleep in the puppy's bed, Do, Mama, do. Where would the puppy sleep? Where would the puppy sleep? Where would the puppy sleep? Do, Mama, do. Sleep in the horse's bed, Sleep in the horsey's bed, Sleep in the horsey's bed, Do, Mama, do. Where would our horsey sleep? Where would our horsey sleep? Where would our horsey sleep? Do, Mama, do. Sleep out on our front lawn, Sleep out on our front lawn, Sleep out on our front lawn, Do, Mama, do. Then where would my children play? Where would my children play? Where would my children play? Do, Mama, do. Swing on the garden gate, Swing on the garden gate, Swing on the garden gate, Do, Mama, do. Yes, and get a whipping, too, Yes, and get a whipping, too, Yes, and get a whipping, too, Now, do, Mama, do. [This last verse speeds up.] Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #356, "Buy Me a China Doll." |
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