Dandoo- Cotton (MO) 1904 Johnson, Belden A
From: Old-Country Ballads in Missouri. II
by H. M. Belden
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 19, No. 75 (Oct. - Dec., 1906), pp. 281-299
CHILD 277. - The Wife wrapt in Wether's Skin.
DANDOO- Sent in by Mr. W. S. Johnson, who secured it from - Cotton, Miller County.
There's a little old man lives in the west,
Dandoo, dandoo.
There's a little old man lives in the west,
Town a town cingo.
There 's a little old man lives in the west,
He's got an old woman that's not for the best.
Town boy di wigel di digel di di do
Town clash town dingo.
This little old man came with his plow:
"See, old woman, have you got dinner ready now?"
"See there's a piece of cold corn-bread hanging on the shelf;
If you want any better go bake it yourself."
This little old man went out into his sheepfold,
Downed an old sheep with a big long pole.
He hung his old sheep on two little pins
And out of his skin he soon jerked him.
He hung his sheepskin on his old wife's back,
And two little hickories went whick-it-a-whack.
Says she, "I'll tell my father and all his kin
You 's whippin' your wife with an old sheepskin."
Says he, "Tell your father and all of his kin
I's only a-dressin' the old sheepskin."