GO TELL AUNT ROSIE
(GO TELL AUNT RHODY; GO TELL AUNT PATSY)
Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan
Recorded in Memphis, TN

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Go tell Aunt Rosie,
Go tell Aunt Rosie,
Go tell Aunt Rosie
The old gray goose is dead.

The one she was saving,
The one she was saving,
The one she was saving
To make a featherbed.

Go rock the cradle,
Go rock the cradle,
Go rock the cradle,
And don’t you make no noise.

Go tell Aunt Rosie,
Go tell Aunt Rosie,
Go tell Aunt Rosie
The old gray goose is dead.

Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #270, “Go Tell Aunt Rhody”; Brown, Vol. III, #128, “Go Tell Aunt Patsy.”

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

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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