Bozbark
Thomas Cat
November 20, 2019
Appalachian & Ozark Mountain Songs:
From the recordings in Delaney, AR 1964.
Thomas Cat
Once I had a thomas cat.
She wobbled like ol’ crusoe.
When the neighbor swung a baseball bat,
Thomas she don’t do so -
They laid her in the ground, boys.
They laid her in the ground.
There’s one less here.
There’s one less there.
They laid her in the ground.
Well, the neighbor’s standin’ on the divin’ board, He gave a monstrous leap.
He didn’t know the water there was only one foot deep.
They laid him in the ground, boys.
They laid him in the ground.
There’s one less here.
There’s one less there.
They laid him in the ground, boys.
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