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Chickens a-crowing on sourwood mountain
hey ding dang a-diddle-i-day.
So many pretty gals I can't count 'em,
hey ding dang a-diddle-i-day.

My true love's a brown-eyed daisy ...
She won't come and I'm too lazy ...

Big dog'll bark and the little one'll bite you ...
Big gal will court and the little one will spite you

My true love lives at the foot of the holler ...
She won't come and I won't foller ...

My true love's a sunburnt daisy ...
If I don't get her I'll go crazy ...

My true love lives over the river ...
A few more jumps and I'll be with her ...

Ducks on the pond and geese on the ocean...
Devil's in the women when they get a notion...