My Son John

 

My son John was tall and slim

He had a leg for every limb

But now he's got no legs at all

For he run a race with a cannonball

With me roo rum rar, faddle diddle dar

Whack faddlle liddle with me roo rum rar.

 

Oh were you deaf, were you blind

When you left your two fine legs behind

Or was it sailing on the sea

Lost your two fine legs right down to the knee

With me roo rum rar etc.

 

Oh I was not deaf, I was not blind

When I left my two fine legs behind

Nor was it sailing on the sea,

Lost my two fine legs right down to the knee

With me roo rum rar, etc.

 

For I was tall, I was slim

And I had a leg for every limb,

But now I've got no legs at all,

They were both shot away by a cannonball.

With me roo rum rar, etc.