I Buyed Me A Little Dog - Dave Van Ronk

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I buyed me a little dog color it was brown

I told him to whistle to sing dance and run

His legs they were fourteen yards long

His ears they were quite broad

Around the world in half a day

And on him I could ride

Sing taddle o day

I buyed me a little bull about four inches high

And every oneday feared him that ever heard him cry

When he begins to bellow it made such melodious sound

Till all the walls in London

Came tumbling to the ground

Sing taddle o day

I buyed me a flock of sheep

I thought they were all wethers

Sometimes they yielded wool sometimes

They yielded feathers

I think mine are the very best sheep for yielding me increase

For every full and change of the moon

They bring both lambs and geese

Sing taddle o day

I buyed me a little box about four acres square

I filled it with silver and guineas are so

And now I'm bound for Turkey I'll travel like an ox

And in my breeches pocket I'll carry my little box

Sing taddle o day

I buyed me a little hen all speckled gay and fair

I sat her on an oyster shell

She hatched me out a hare

The hare it sprang him to horse

Or fifteen hands full high

And him that tells a bigger tale

Would have to tell a lie

Sing taddle o day