A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Nursery Songs/VIII. THE FOOLISH BOY

177768A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes — Nursery Songs/VIII. THE FOOLISH BOYSabine Baring-Gould

My father died, and I can't tell y' how,
He left me six horses to follow the plough.
With a whing, whing, waddle, O!
With a string, strang, straddle, O!
Blossy boys! Babble, O! under the Broom.
I sold my six horses, and bought me a cow,
I'm going to get money, but I can't tell how.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my cow, and I bought me a calf,
By that my bargain I lost just half.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my calf, and I bought me a cat,
And in the chimney corner the pretty thing sat.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my cat, and I bought me a mouse,
Set fire to her tail, and she burnt down my house.
I sold my mouse, and I bought me a wife,
She cut my throat with an old rusty knife.
With a whing, etc.