BULLDOG ON THE BANK
(PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER)
Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan
Recorded in Memphis, TN

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(Mrs. Vaughan: “I’m gonna sing one now that’s kind of catchy that I think it’ll be real interesting.”)

Pharaoh’s daughter on the bank,
Little Moses in the pool.
Pharaoh’s daughter on the bank,
Little Moses in the pool.
Pharaoh’s daughter on the bank,
Little Moses in the pool.
She fished him out with a ten-foot pole,
And sent him off to school.

Chorus: Singing tra la la la la la la,
Singing tra la la la la la la la,
Singing tra la la, singing tra la la,
Singing tra la la la la la.

Says the monkey to the owl,
“Oh, what’ll you have to drink?”
Says the monkey to the owl,
“Oh, what’ll you have to drink?”
Says the monkey to the owl,
“Oh, what’ll you have to drink?”
“Since you’re so very kind, sir,
I’ll take a bottle of ink.”

(Chorus)

Oh, the bulldog on the bank
And the bullfrog in the pool.
Oh, the bulldog on the bank
And the bullfrog in the pool.
Oh, the bulldog on the bank
And the bullfrog in the pool.
The bulldog called the bullfrog
A green old water fool.

(Chorus)

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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