There was an old woman All skin and bones

voiceCollected by Sue Holley and Sung by Mrs. M. D. Meiser Springdale, Arkansas July 30, 1959 Helen McAllister For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Sue Holley and Helen McAllister Reel 291, Item 1 The Old Woman All Skin and Bones There was an old woman All skin and bones All skin and bones was she M-m! M-m! She tho't she’d go To church one day To hear the parson preach and pray M-m! M-m! When she got to the old log style She tho’t she’d rest a little while M-m! M-m! When she got to the old church door She tho't she'd rest a little more M-m! M-m! She looked up and then looked down And spied a dead man on the ground M-m! M-m! Then to the parson she turned and said Will I look that way when I am dead M-m! M-m! Then to her the parson said, BOOH!!Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation