Perrie Merrie Dixie Dominie- Lipps (KY) 1955
Perrie Merrie Dixie Dominie- Lipps (KY) 1955
I had four brothers over the sea,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie
And they each sent a presents unto me,
Petrum, patrum, paradise temporie
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
The first sent a chicken without any bones,
The second was a cherry without any stones,
The third sent a book which no man could read,
The fourth sent a blanket without any thread,
How could there be a chicken without any bones?
How could there be a cherry without any stones?
How could there be a book that no man could read?
How could there be a blanket without a thread?
When the chicken's in the eggshell there are no bones,
When the cherry in the blossom there are no stones,
When the book's in the press, no man can read it,
When the wool's on the sheep's, back there is no thread,