(Written by Frank Profitt, Sugar Grove, N. C.)

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OUR GOOD MAN

The first night when I came home I'se drunk as I could be,
I found a coat a hanging on the rack where my coat ought to be.

Come here my little wifie and explain this thing to me
How come a coat a hanging on the rack where my coat ought to be

Oh, you old blind fool you can't you never see
It's nothing but a bed quilt my granney give to me.

I been living in this world forty years or more
But pockets on a bed quilt I never did see before.

(The second night) A horse standing in the stable, wifie
said a milk cow.  A saddle on a milk cow back I never did
see before.
(Third night) A head on the pillow.  Wifie says a cabbage
head.  Mustache on a cabbage head I never did see before.
(Fourth night) Boots sitting in the corner.  Wifie say s
a cream pitcher.  He says a cream pitcher with boots on 
I never did see before.
Sung in order as the first three verses.

Note: This is an interesting version of Child's OUR GOOD MAN , no. 274.