%images;]> afcts-st091 Ring Ding Billy Ding: a machine-readable transcription. Voices of the Dustbowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Workers Collection, Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress. Selected and converted. American Memory, Library of Congress.

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RING DING BILLY DING 5121 A1

Bill Jackson Arvin, 1941

Ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding billy ding, cow-hee

Saw a hawk set tin' on a limb He winked at me and I winked at him Tum a ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding-billy-ding, cow-hee

Went to the house to get my gun First at a walk and then at a run Tum a ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding-billy-ding, cow-hee

Shot at the hawk and missed my mark Shot my old black sow clean to the heart

Tum a ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding-billy-ding, cow-hee

Buried my old sow under the house Always had blood pudding and souse Tum a ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding-billy-ding, cow-hee

My saddle and bridle hangin' under the shelf If you want any more you can sing it yourself Tum a ring-ding-billy-ding cow-hee Play on little tom, play on he Call little Bill tum a ring-ding-billy-ding, cow-hee