August 25. Story of the Day: Bought Me a Wife

This animal-sound series is from the Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas Talley.

This is Roud 544. For a cumulative version of this song, see The Barnyard Song. It would be easy to make a cumulative version of these lyrics too!

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BOUGHT ME A WIFE

Bought me a wife an' de wife please me,
I feeds my wife un'er yon'er tree.

My wife go: "Row-row!"

My guinea go: "Potrack! Potrack!"

My chicken go: "Gymsack! Gymsack!"

My duck go: "Quack-quack! Quack-quack!"

My dog go: "Bow-bow!"

My hoss go: "Whee-whee! Whee-whee!"

My cat go: "Fiddle-toe! Fiddle-toe!"

(farm animals)