Old Bangum
Lyrics
Old Bangum would a-hunting ride,
Darum darum darum.
Old Bangum would a-hunting ride,
Tilly ko.
Old Bangum would a-hunting ride,
His sword and pistol at his side,
Darum tilly ko ko.
He rode up to the riverside
Where he a pretty maid he spied.
“Fair maid,” said he, “will you marry me?”
“Ah, no,” quoth she, “for we’d ne’er agree.”
“There lives a bear in yonder wood,
He’d eat your bones, he’d drink your blood.”
Old Bangum rode to the wild bear’s den;
There lay the bones of a thousand men.
Old Bangum and the wild bear fought;
At set of sun the bear was nought.
He rode again to the riverside
To ask that maid to be his bride.
Collection item #D33A05. Sung by Dr. Alfred Ferguson, Middlebury, VT.
Darum darum darum.
Old Bangum would a-hunting ride,
Tilly ko.
Old Bangum would a-hunting ride,
His sword and pistol at his side,
Darum tilly ko ko.
He rode up to the riverside
Where he a pretty maid he spied.
“Fair maid,” said he, “will you marry me?”
“Ah, no,” quoth she, “for we’d ne’er agree.”
“There lives a bear in yonder wood,
He’d eat your bones, he’d drink your blood.”
Old Bangum rode to the wild bear’s den;
There lay the bones of a thousand men.
Old Bangum and the wild bear fought;
At set of sun the bear was nought.
He rode again to the riverside
To ask that maid to be his bride.
Collection item #D33A05. Sung by Dr. Alfred Ferguson, Middlebury, VT.
