On yonders mow-wow-wountain

voiceIrene Carlisle Miss Mary Bedingfield Springdale, Arkansas C. Miss Bedingfield is going to February 15, 1951 sing a song for us; I'll let her announce the title. Reel 91, Item 5 B. The title of this song is THE SHRATTLEDUM SNAKE On yonders mow-wow-wountain John did dew-we-well With a nice young ga-wa-wal That he loved so we-we-well; Turn a roo da roo da roo da roo da ray. On youders mor-wor-worning John did go-wo-wo Down to the mea-wea-weadow For to mow-wo-wow. Turn a roo.... He hadn't mow-wo-wowed Around the fie-wie-wield When a blacksnake too-woo-wook Him by the hee-wee-weel. Turn a roo And it's "Good God, Da-wa-wad Go spread the new-wew-wews;" And it's here comes Sa-wa-wal Without her shoe-woo-woos Turn a roo And it's "Good God, Joh-woh-wohn Why did you go-wo-wo Down to the mea-wea-weadow For to mow-wo-wow? (Turn THE SHRATTLEDUM SNAKE (Cont'd) Reel 91, Item 5 (Cont'd) And it's "Good God, Sa-wa-wal, I thought you know-wo-woed This grass is ri-wi-wipe And it had to be mow-wo-woed!" Turn a roo. . . Come on, you peo-wee-weople, Drop one te-we-wear For this young ma-wa-wan; He died right he-we-were. Turn a roo. . . And come on, you peo-wee-weople, Warning ta-wa-wake, And never get bi-wi-wit By a shrattledum sna-wa-wake. Turn a roo, etc. C. Whereabouts did you learn that song, Miss Bedingfield? B. Well, there was a hired man, Ben Coffey, that worked for us one summer over about Kingston, Arkansas, and he used to sing it quite a good deal; and that's about all I can say for the song. C. What is that word shrattledum snake? B. That is right. Shrattledum snake is right.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation