C          /           /      /

Oh I went down south for to see my Sal,

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sing polly wolly doodle all the day.

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My Sal she am a spunky gal

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sing polly wolly doodle all the day.

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Fare thee well, fare thee well,

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fare thee well,  my fairy fay,

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for I'm going to Louisiana for to see my Susianna

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singing polly wolly doodle all the day.

Oh my Sal she is a maiden fair ...
with curly eyes and laughing hair ...

Oh a grasshopper sitting on a railroad track ...
a-picking his teeth with a carpet tack ...

Oh I went to bed and it wasn't no use ...
my feet stuck out for a chicken roost ...

Behind the barn down on my knees ...
I thought I heard a chicken sneeze ...

He sneezed so hard with the whooping cough ...
he sneezed his head and tail right off ...