Chicken crowing on Sourwood Mountain,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay,
Get your dogs and we'll go a -hunting,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
My true love sho lives in Letcher,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay
She won't come and I won't fetch her,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
My true love's a blue-eyed daisy,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
If I don't get her I’ll go crazy,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
Big dog bark and little one bite you,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
Big girl ‘ll court and little ono ‘ll slight you,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
My true love lives up tho river,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
A few more jumps and I’ll bo with her,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
My true love livos in the hollow,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.
Sho won’t come and I won’t follow,
Hey ho diddle dum dee-ay.