TOMMY-A-LYNN
I sold my cow, and I bought me a calf,
By that my bargain I lost just half.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my calf, and I bought me a cat,
And in the chimney corner the pretty thing sat.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my cat, and I bought me a mouse,
Set fire to her tail, and she burnt down my house.
With a whing, etc.
I sold my mouse, and I bought me a wife,
She cut my throat with an old rusty knife.
With a whing, etc.
IX. TOMMY-A-LYNN
Tommy-a-Lynn was a Dutchman born,
His head was bald and his chin was shorn.
He wore a cap made of a grey hare's skin,
O a rare old man was Tommy-a-Lynn.
All to my tooth, and laugh a long-lee.
Tommy's a Ranter and a Rover,
Tommy's a bone of my Stover,
Brew, screw, Rivet and tin,
O a rare old man was Tommy-a-Lynn.
