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MAMA BUY ME A CHINY DOLL Sung by: Almeda Riddle Recorded on 5/10/62 Click here to listen to the original recording Oh, Mama, buy me a chiny doll. Mama, buy me a chiny doll, Do, Mama, do. What would it take to buy it with? What would it take to buy it with? What would it take to buy it with? Do, Mommy, do. We could take Daddy's feather bed, Take Daddy's feather bed, Take Daddy's feather bed, Do, Mommy, do. Then where would our Daddy sleep? Where would our Daddy sleep? Where would our Daddy sleep, Do, Mommy, do. He could sleep in the puppy's bed, Sleep in the puppy's bed, Sleep in the puppy's bed, Do, Mommy, do. Then where could our puppy sleep? Where could our puppy sleep? Where could our puppy sleep, Do, Mommy, do. He could sleep in the piggy's bed, Sleep in the piggy's bed, Sleep in the piggy's bed, Do, Mommy, do. Then where could our piggy sleep? Where could our piggy sleep? Where could our piggy sleep, Oh do, Mommy, do. He could sleep in the horse's bed, Sleep in the horse's bed, Sleep in the horse's bed, Do, Mama, do. Then where could our horses sleep? Where could our horses sleep? Where could our horses sleep, Do, Mommy, do. Graze out on our front lawn, Graze out on our front lawn, Graze out on our front lawn, Do, Mommy, do. Then where would my children play? Where would my children play? Where would my children play? Do, Mommy, do. We could swing on the garden gate, Swing out on the garden gate, Swing out on the garden gate, Oh, do, Mommy, do. Yes, and get a spanking, too, Yes, and get a spanking, too, Yes, and get a spanking, too, Now do, Mommy, do. Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #356, "Buy Me a China Doll." |
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