Frog in the Well

 

 

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This is often recorded as the favorite song of the 20th Maine.  At current, I do not know the history of the song.  If anyone knows, please let me know!  Contributed by Mike Bilbo.

 

 

In Carolina folks all go,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

That's where the white folks plant the tow,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Cover the ground all over with smoke,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Then their heads around they'll poke,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

Kemo kimo, There, oh where,

With my Hi, my Ho, and in come Sally singin'

Sometimes penny whistle, ling tum nip cat

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

What'cha gonna do when the rain don't fall,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Crops grow short instead of tall,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Sometimes everthing turns out wrong,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Cotton grows short instead of long,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

Kemo kimo, There, oh where,

With my Hi, my Ho, and in come Sally singin'

Sometimes penny whistle, ling tum nip cat

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

There was a frog lived in a pool,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

Sure he was the biggest fool,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

The frog could dance and the frog could sing,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

He made the woods all 'round him ring,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

Kemo kimo, There, oh where,

With my Hi, my Ho, and in come Sally singin'

Sometimes penny whistle, ling tum nip cat

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

There was a frog lived in a well,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

He liked to fight and give them hell,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

The see-sesh to the Devil, Hades,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

But mind your manners with the ladies,

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

Kemo kimo, There, oh where,

With my Hi, my Ho, and in come Sally singin'

Sometimes penny whistle, ling tum nip cat

Sing song kitty can't you ki-me-oh.

 

 

 

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