
Lyrics
(American folk song)
Of all the beast-es in the world,
I’d rather be a panther.
I’d crawl upon some lonesome hill,
And cry for Susianna.
Of all the beast-es in the world,
I’d rather be a panther.
Eat all the chickens down the line
And turkeys in Atlanta.
See also
- Country: Southeastern States (US)
- Subject: cats
- Harmony: chords I & IV
- Meter: 4
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: Animal Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Co, 1950
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody


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