Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie- Lipps (KY) 1955
[Roberts; In the Pines, 1978.
R. Matteson 2014]
PERRIE MERRIE DIXIE DOMINIE- Sent in by Mary Lipps, Clay County, KY, 1955
1. I had four brothers over the sea
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
And they each sent a present unto me
Petrum patrum paradise temporie,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
2. The first sent a chicken without any bones,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
The second sent a cherry without any stones
Petrum partrum paradise temporie
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
3. The third sent a book which no man could read
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
The fourth sent a blanket without any thread.
Petrum partrum paradise ternporie,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
4. How could there be a chicken without any bones?
Perrie merrie dixie cominie
How could there be a cherry without any stones?
Petrum partrum paradise temporie,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
5. How could there be a book which no man could read?
Perrie merrie dixie dominie
How could there be a blanket without any thread?
Petrum partrum paradise temporie,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
6. When the chicken's in the eggshell there are no bones,
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
When the cherry's in the blossom there are no stones,
Petrum partrum paradise temporie
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.
7. When the book's in the press no man can read it
Perrie merrie dixie dominie
when the wool is on the sheep's back, there is no thread
Petrum partrum paradise temporie
Perrie merrie dixie dominie.