Classic Poem

1

O there was an old soldier and he had a wooden leg,
He had no tobacco but tobacco he could beg.
Another old soldier as sly as a fox,
He always had tobacco in his old tobacco box.

2

Said the one old soldier, “Won't you give me a chew?”
Said the other old soldier, “I'll be hanged if I do,
Save up your pennies and put away your rocks,
And you'll always have tobacco in your old tobacco box.”

3

Well, the one old soldier was a feelin' very bad,
He says, “I'll get even, I will, begad!”
He goes to a corner, takes a rifle from his peg,
And stabs the other soldier with a splinter from his leg.

4

There was an old hen and she had a wooden foot,
And she made her nest by a mulberry root,
And she laid more eggs than any hen on the farm;
And another wooden foot wouldn't do her any harm.

Ole Zip Coon

1

OH!—There was an old soldier
 And he had a wooden leg,
 No terbaccy did he have,
 No terbaccy could he beg:
 T'other old soldier, a sly old fox,
 Always had terbaccy in his old terbaccy box.

2

 SAID!—One old soldier,
 “Will ye give me a chew?”
 Said t'other old soldier,
 “I'll be danged if I do!
 Quit your loafin' round
 And git ter crackin' rocks
 And ye'll allers have terbaccy
 In yer own terbaccy box!”

3

 WELL—the one old soldier was a-feelin' very bad,
 He says, “I'll get even, I will, begad!”
 He goes to a corner,
 Takes a rifle from his peg,
 And stabs the other soldier
 With a splinter from his leg.

4

 THERE—was an old hen
 And she had a wooden foot,
 And she made her nest
 By a mulberry root,
 And she laid more eggs than any hen on the farm;
And another wooden foot wouldn't do her any harm.