| lyrics or other text: | Big old owl with eyes so bright,
On many a dark and starry night.
I've often heard my true love say,
Sing all night and sleep all day.
CHORUS:
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care;
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Old Master's gone away
Said the blackbird to the crow,
Down to the cornfield let us go;
Pulling up corn has been our trade,
Ever since Adam and Eve was made.
Said the sheldrake to the crane:
When do you think we'll have some rain?
The farm's so muddy and the brook so dry,
If it wasn't for tadpoles, we'd all die.
When I was a boy I used to wait
On Master's table and pass the plate,
Hand round the bottle when he got dry,
And brush away the blue-tailed fly.
Source: The Digital Tradition Mirror |
