Oh, the kids they squalled and the old woman cried 'Cause the old man kicked up his heels and died,

voiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler; Transcribed by Neil Byer Jimmie Morris Timbo, Ark. November 6, 1954 Reel 215, Item 6 Faddie Yinkee Dink Tum (fragment) ("I'm going to sing just a little of an old song, 'Faddie-Yinkee-Dink-Tum.) Oh, the kids they squalled and the old woman cried 'Cause the old man kicked up his heels and died, Come-a faddie-yinkee-dink, come-a fi-yinki-di-do Oh, fi-di-doodle-dum-a-daisy. Now where he went I never could tell, But I really do believe he went to hell, Come-a faddie-yinkee-dink, come-a fi-yinki-di-do Oh, fi-di-doodle-dum-a-daisy. "There's a boy by the name of Gene Smith, over close to Fifty-Six, he's almost blind, his mother is blind. And they've kept a lot of the old songs and I've been in­tending to learn all of Gene's songs, but I haven't done it. Come back some time and I'll take you over and let you meet Gene. He sings pretty well and knows a lot of the old songs. And I think Gene sings this one ..."Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation