Come a too doderink, come a di dee,

voiceCollected by Mrs. Rita Able For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mr. Oscar Evans Clifty, Arkansas January 10, 1959 Reel 266, Item 3 (Johnny Sands) There was a little old woman In Mexico did dwell. She loved her jusband dearly, But another man twice as well. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. Come a too doderink, come a di dec, Come a too doderink, come a day. She went unto the doctor To see if she could find Something about the place That would put the old man blind. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. He said, Go get three marbles, And make him eat them all; And he'll become so very blind That he can't see you at all. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. She went and got three marbles, And made him eat them all; He said, My kind and loving wife, I can't see you at all. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. He said, I'd go and drown myself If I could find the way. She says, I'll go along with you For fear you go astray. Some a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. (Johnny Sands) (Cont'd) Reel 266, Item 3 (Cont'd) As they walked along the river, As they walked along the shore, He said, My kind and loving wife, You'll have to push me o'er. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. As she stepped back a step or two To run and shove him in, The old man stepped off to one side And let her tumble in. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. As she began to kick and scream, As she began to squall, He said, My kind and loving wife, I can't see you at all. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day. But the old man being kind-natured, And afraid that she might swim, He run and got a great, long pole And pushed her further in. Come a too doderink, come a di dee, Come a too doderink, come a day.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation