Add to ORKGvoiceCollected and transcribed by Mary Celestia Parler Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Pocahontas, Arkansas August 28, 1958 Reel 296, Item 4 With His Old Grey Beard A-Shinin' Mama bid me to open the door. Oh, but I won't have him. I opened the door And he fell on the floor With his old gray beard ashinin'. Mama bid me to bake him a cake. Oh, but I won't have him. I baked him a cake And he ate like a snake With his old gray beard a-shining. Mama bid me to saddle his horse. Oh, but I won't have him. I saddled his horse And he throwed his leg across With his old gray beard a-shining. Mama bid me to show him the road. Oh, but I won't have him. I showed him the road And he hopped like a toad With his old gray beard a-shining.Funding for digitization p...