I owe this song to Stephen Sen, an old friend from college. I never tired of hearing him sing it so seriously while we around him will be cracking up. He has been kind enough to send me the lyrics as best as he can remember and I managed to track down another version of the same sung by the Ozarks, and completed it. The song is sung in a waltzish kind of meter and the ... signifies a significant pause to let the person imagine the next word. Stephen Sen take a bow.
There was a young farmer who lived by the pool.
A handsome young farmer who played with his....
marbles in springtime with the lady next door.
You could tell by her movements that she was a ....
charming young lady who walked like a duck.
She said she had found out a new way to ....
educate her children to sew and to knit,
the handsome young farmer, he pulled at her...
horses and carriages to go for a hunt
While the charming young lady was washing her...
linen in buckets and laying them on the grass
And if you don’t like this story you can kiss my…
Daughter in the parlor she’s winding the clock
And tying gay ribbons all around her…
Pussy cat, pusst cat and same as before
If you don’t like my story I’ll tell it no more.
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