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Song
My Dad taught my brother and me the Hambone song. We would
make our own rhymes to go along with ones Dad taught us:
Hambone, Hambone have you heard?
Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird.
If that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 08-00-1977
