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There is this little song that my mom taught me many years ago. I, of course, have taught it to my daughter. I haven't a clue as to where it came from or why any mother would teach to her child.
But far be it for me to end a tradition. And I'm going to share it with the general populace, too.
It's three o'clock in the morning
and I looked upon the wall
the cooties and the bedbugs
are having a game of ball.
The score is six to nothing
the cooties are ahead
the bedbugs hit a home run
and knock me out of bed.
Oh.....
It's six o'clock in the morning
and the jailer comes around
he feeds me bread and coffee
that weighs about a pound
The coffee tastes like turpentine
the bread is mighty stale
and that's the way they feed you
at the Lincoln County jail.
I'm thinking that it is a depression era song. Probably has to do with vagrancy and not anything, you know, truly criminal.
At least that's my thought when teaching it to my daughter.
I'm a sucker for all those old songs -- and I'm talking WWI and Depression era. There are so many great songs from that time. Songs you can sing along with. Songs for bringing people together. I'm a sucker for that.
But far be it for me to end a tradition. And I'm going to share it with the general populace, too.
It's three o'clock in the morning
and I looked upon the wall
the cooties and the bedbugs
are having a game of ball.
The score is six to nothing
the cooties are ahead
the bedbugs hit a home run
and knock me out of bed.
Oh.....
It's six o'clock in the morning
and the jailer comes around
he feeds me bread and coffee
that weighs about a pound
The coffee tastes like turpentine
the bread is mighty stale
and that's the way they feed you
at the Lincoln County jail.
I'm thinking that it is a depression era song. Probably has to do with vagrancy and not anything, you know, truly criminal.
At least that's my thought when teaching it to my daughter.
I'm a sucker for all those old songs -- and I'm talking WWI and Depression era. There are so many great songs from that time. Songs you can sing along with. Songs for bringing people together. I'm a sucker for that.
