Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. I married my wife in the month of June.
Risseldy rosseldy, mow mow mow.
I carried her off in a silver spoon.
Refrain
Risseldy, rosseldy, hey bombassity,
Nickety, nackety retrical quality,
willowby, wallowby, mow, mow, mow.
2. She combed her hair but once a year…
With every rake she shed a tear. Refrain
3. She swept the floor but once a year…
She swore her broom was much too dear. Refrain
4. She churned her butter in Dad’s old boot…
And for a dasher used her foot. Refrain
5. The butter came out a grizzly gray…
The cheese took legs and ran away. Refrain
See also
- Subject: silly
- Form: AB
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Melody: repeated tones /Â low so
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: Wee Sing Silly Songs, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1982
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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