Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">THE OLD MAN UNDER THE HILL <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page110" name="page110"></SPAN>(p. 110)</span></p> <p>There was an old man who lived under the hill,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, lived under the hill,<br/> And if he ain't dead he's living there still,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, living there still.</p> <p>One day the old man went out to plow,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, went out to plow;<br/> 'Tis good-bye the old fellow, and how are you now,<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, and how are you now.</p> <p>And then another came to his house,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, came to his house;<br/> "There's one of your family I've got to have now,<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, got to have now.</p> <p>"It's neither you nor your oldest son,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, nor your oldest son."<br/> "Then take my old woman and take her for fun,<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, take her for fun."</p> <p>He takened her all upon his back,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, upon his back,<br/> And like an old rascal went rickity rack,<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, went rickity rack.</p> <p>But when he got half way up the road,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, up the road,<br/> Says <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page111" name="page111"></SPAN>(p. 111)</span> he, "You old lady, you're sure a load,"<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, you're sure a load.</p> <p>He set her down on a stump to rest,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, stump to rest;<br/> She up with a stick and hit him her best.<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, hit him her best.</p> <p>He taken her on to hell's old gate,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, hell's old gate,<br/> But when he got there he got there too late,<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, got there too late.</p> <p>And so he had to keep his wife,<br/> Chir-u-ra-wee, had to keep his wife,<br/> And keep her he did for the rest of his life.<br/> Sing chir-u-ra-wee, for the rest of his life.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />