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When I was a lad I was very glad,
To work out in the daytime;
With me fork, and a bottle and a cork,
To work out in the hay time.
Tossin' hay one fine day,
I met young Lucy Bailey;
I said, "My dear, are you often here?"
She said, "Yes sir, twice daily."
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.
We we had such fun in the summer sun,
Lucy was so thrillin';
So sweet and pure but I wasn't sure,
If that young girl was willin'.
Until one day amongst the hay,
As we were workin' gaily;
When she ups and slips and her garter ripped,
And I went there twice daily.
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.
Lucy's dad was very mad,
He chased me 'round the hay barn;
He said "My son, now you had your fun,
The time has come to pay now."
"My girl you'll wed," the old man said,
As he waved his shotgun gaily;
"If you don't," he said, "I'll pump you full o' lead,
And you won't go there twice daily"
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.
So the very next day in the month of May,
We held a ceremony;
And we paid off the vicar with a gallon of liquor,
And we rode to the church on a pony.
To Lucy's joy we had a boy,
Oh, what a little darlin';
He was round and fat as a Chester cat,
And perky as a starlin'.
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.
So now we're old, our story's told,
Of forty years together;
Though we often stray where we once tossed hay,
In the old time summer weather.
Kids we've got ten or more,
We goes on quite gaily;
Though I'm old and grey when I gets my way,
I still go there twice daily.
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.
With me rumble dee, and a rumble da,
And a rumble do da randy;
With me rye dell dee, and a rye dell da,
And a rye dell dee, twice daily.