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FLUNKY JIM (Dan Ferguson) 1. I am the flunky of the house, they call me Flunky Jim You'll find me knocking around the yard in my hat without a brim My overalls are shabby and I have no shirt at all But I'm going to get a new outfit with my gopher tails next fall. cho: Oh, knocking around the yard, boys, knocking around the yard, It isn't such an easy job, don't fool yourself, old pard My overalls arTUNE FILE: CLICK TO PLAY 2. At night when Pa comes from the fields, he calls for Flunky Jim He pats me on my curly head and my hat without a brim. He's apt to say, "Oh, Flunky Jim, your clothes are far too small." But I'm going to get a new outfit with my gopher tails next fall. 3. I counted all my gopher tails, I almost have enough To buy a hat, a fancy shirt, and pants that have a cuff. And then I'll hand my old ones down - they really are too small. Oh, I'll look [be] swell when once I sell my gopher tails next fall. by Dan Ferguson (1875- ) of Saskatoon, sung by his grandson, Mel Bowker, to Barbara Cass-Beggs, "Folksongs of Saskatchewan", Folkways 1963. @Canada @work filename[ FLUNKJIM TUNE FILE: FLUNKJIM CLICK TO PLAY JB apr97  8note Sheet |
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