When I was young I used to wait
Upon my master at his plate
And I'd pass the bottle when he got dry
And I'd brush away that blue -tailed fly
They gave me cracked corn,
They gave me cracked corn,
And when it dried in the afternoon I'd
follow behind with a hickory broom
That pony being like to shine
Oh, when I'm bitten by that blue -tailed fly
It gave me crack corn and I don't care
It gave me crack corn and I don't care
It gave me crack corn and I don't care
One day he rode around the farm
The flies so numerous they did swarm
One chance to bite him on the thigh
Oh, well, the devil take that blue -tailed fly
Give me crack corn, I don't care
Give me crack corn and I don't care
Give me crack corn and I don't care
That pony run, he jumped, he pitched
And he threw my master in the ditch
He died, the jury wondered why
They gave me crack corn, I don't care
They gave me crack corn, I don't care
They're buried underneath
His epitaph for all to see
Beneath the stone I'm a forestal lion
And I'm the victim of the blue -tailed fly
Give me crack corn, I don't care
Give me crack corn and I don't care
Give me crack corn and I don't care
the mountain when she comes
she'll be comin' round o mountain,
ay -ay -yippe -yippe -yai,
singin' ay -ay -yippe -yippe -yai
singin' ay -ay -yippe -yai -
ay -ay -yippe -yippe -yai.
She'll be ridin' six white horses
She'll be ridin' six white
She'll be ridin' six white horses,
She'll be ridin' six white
All sing, aye, aye, yippee, yippee, aye
Singin', aye, aye, yippee,
Singin', aye, aye, yippee,
Singin', aye, aye, yippee, yippee, aye
Yes, we'll all go out to meet her,
Yes, we'll all go out to meet her
Let's all sing, aye, aye,
Singing aye, aye, yippee, yippee, aye
Singing aye, aye, yippee,
Singing aye, yippee, yippee, yippee,
yippee, yippee, yippee, yippee, aye
I lost my partner, what'll I do?
I lost my partner, what'll I do?
I lost my heart, now what'll I do?
I'll find another one prettier in you,
I find another one prettier in you,
I find another one prettier in you,
Skip to my loo, my darling
There's a little red wagon, painted blue
A little red wagon, painted blue
A little red wagon painted blue
Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin',
He was lost and gone forever,
Light she was, and like a fairy,
and her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses,
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
You are lost and gone forever,
Drove she ducklings to the water,
early one morning just at nine
Tripped her foot against a splinter,
fell into the foaming brine
Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin',
You are lost and gone forever,
How I missed her, how I missed her,
But I kissed her little sister
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin',
You are lost and gone forever,
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