Dandoo- Henderson (WV) pre1957 Musick
From: Ballads and Folksongs from West Virginia
by Ruth Ann Musick
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 70, No. 277 (Jul. - Sep., 1957), pp. 247-261
17. "Dandoo" (The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin, Child 277) [21]
I7.1. Contributed by Mrs. Henderson. The chorus is repeated after each verse (see Ex. 23 for tune, including chorus).
(1) There was a little old man that lived in the west,
Dandoo, dandoo.
There was a little old man that lived in the west,
He had an old woman, she was none of the best.
(2) This little old man went out to plow,
Dandoo, dandoo.
This little old man went out to plow,
Said he, "Old woman, my breakfast now."
(3) "There's a piece of cold cornbread a-layin' on the shelf,
Dandoo, dandoo.
There's a piece of cold cornbread a-layin' on the shelf,
And if you don't eat it, I'll eat it myself."
(4) This little old man, he went down to sheepfold,
Dandoo, dandoo.
This little old man, he went down to sheepfold,
He killed a wether, both fat and old.
(5) He hung him up on two small pins,
Dandoo, dandoo.
He hung him up on two small pins,
And a couple little jerks, he had him skinned.
(6) He wrapped the skin around his old wife's back,
Dandoo, dandoo.
He wrapped the skin around his old wife's back,
Took two little sticks, went whacketywhack.
(7) "I'll tell my neighbors and all my kin,
Dandoo, dandoo.
I'll tell my neighbors and all my kind
You whipped me o'er the naked skin."
(8) "I'll tell them all that you have lied,
Dandoo, dandoo.
I'll tell them all that you have lied,
For I never whupped nothin' but the old sheep's hide."
(9) This little old man, he started to run away,
Dandoo, dandoo.
This little old man, he started to run away,
Run fourteen miles in fifteen days-
And don't you call that a-gittin' away?