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SAUCEPAN'S BOILING OVER

(learned from Catharine Lucas in about 1962)

Mary Ellen's finger is swollen,
The cat is clawing at the door.
Johnny's a baby in the cradle,
And the saucepan's always boinign over.
    Little saucepan, boiling on the fire,
    Little saucepan, boiling on the fire,
    Little saucepan, forever boiling over.

Mary Ellen's finger is better,
The cat is dead and gone.
Johnny's a preacher in the pulpit,
But the saucepan still is boiling on.
    Little saucepan,...

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)