“Jaybird Died With the Whooping Cough”
Description
"Jaybird died with the whoopingcough, Sparrow died with the colic, On came a frog with a fiddle on his back, Inquiring the way to the frolic." Other verses tell other stories about the lives of other birds, or perhaps predators or other animals
Cross references
- cf. "Buckeye Jim" (lyrics)
References
- BrownIII 153, "The Jaybird" (4 short texts, of which "B" and "C" are this piece; "D" is "The Jaybird"; "A" mixes the two)
- Roud #748
- BI, Br3153A