Hurrah, Lie!

Seed a flea heave a tree,
Hurrah, Lie!
Seed a flea heave a tree,
Well done, fool!
Seed a flea heave a tree,
Forty miles in the sea;
Yore an' ole blind drunkard
an' I'm a jolly fool!

Seed th' wood cut the axe,
Seed the chickens chewin' wax

Seed an eel eat a seal,
Seed an apple with nary a peel

Seed a hant climb the stairs,
Seed the badman sayin' his prayers
Seed a rat ketch a cat
Ef you can tell a yarn that's bigger'n that,

From Ethel Park Richardson's book American Mountain Songs (1927)
this is the only American version of Martin Said to His Man
I've ever encountered RG
see also WHOSFOOL
@drink @animal @America @talltale
filename[ HURRALIE

playexe HURRALIE
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