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Artist/Band: Burl Ives
Lyrics for Song: The Sow took The Measles
Lyrics for Album: Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996]



Burl Ives - The Sow took The Measles



Boys and girls sometimes get the measles

but in this song even a sow,

which is another name for a lady pig

took the measles too



How do you think I begin in the world?

I got me a sow and sev'ral other things;

The sow took the measles and she died in the spring



What do you think that I made of her hide?

The very best saddle that you ever did ride;

Saddle or bridle or any such a thing,

The sow took the measles and she died in the spring



What do you think that I made of her nose?

The very best thimble that ever sewed clothes;

Thimble or thread or any such thing,

The sow took the measles and she died in the spring



What do you think I made of her tail?

The very best whup that ever sought sail;

Whup or whup-socket, any such thing

The sow took the measles and she died in the spring



What do you think that I made of her feet?

The very best pickles that you ever did eat;

Pickles or glue or any such thing,

The sow took the measles and she died in the spring


Album Lyrics: Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996]


Burl Ives
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996]"


1. Black is the colour
2. Buckeyed Jim
3. Old Dan Tucker
4. On Top Of Old Smoky
5. Tam Pierce (Widdecombe Fair)
6. The Bold Soldier
7. The Eddystone Light
8. The Sow took The Measles
9. Turtle dove
10. Wee Cooper Of Fife