Oh I went down south for to see my sal Polly wolly doodle all the day My sally is a spunky gal Polly wolly doodle all the day Fare thee well, fare thee well Fare thee well my fairy fay For I'm off to Louisana For to see my Susyanna Polly wolly doodle all the day Oh my sal she is a maiden fair With curly eyes and laughing hair I can to a river, I couldn't get across I jumped on a donkey, I thought he was a horse Behind the barn down on my knees I thought I heard a chicken sneeze He sneezed so hard with the whooping cough He sneezed his head and his tail right off A grasshopper sitting on a railroad track Picking his teeth with a carpet tack