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Help with billy goat song lyrics

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Geff Crawford

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Jul 26, 2010, 7:13:11 PM7/26/10
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We just played a gig yesterday and a woman came up asking if we had
heard a billy goat song that her mother (now very elderly and with
dementia) used to sing. The lyrics she had were:

Pap he bought a brand new billy goat
Ma she washed most every day
Hung the clothes out on the line
That old goat just came that way

The fragment of melody she sang sounded a lot like "Ruben, Ruben", so
this may be more of a tin pan alley type song, but just in case anyone
can point us to the full lyrics, the woman we met would be very
appreciative.

Thanks.

Geff and Masha Crawford

Merle Barnes

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Jul 26, 2010, 7:57:31 PM7/26/10
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Could it be a variation of "Bill Grogans Goat" ?
There are several versions of it on YouTube.
Here's one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x94jyrzsG3g&feature=related

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Lyle Lofgren

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Jul 26, 2010, 8:05:30 PM7/26/10
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That version is from Fiddlin' John Carson, titled "Papa's Billy Goat,"
which is either a countrified modification of or a predecessor to the
citified "Bill Grogan's Goat." You can hear Fiddlin' John Himself
doing this song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqog4p1WUc .

Lyle

Geff Crawford

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Jul 26, 2010, 10:59:08 PM7/26/10
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Well, Mr. Lyle L, you are a wonder. Thanks so much, and only a mere 42
minutes after my post. Eat your heart out, Google.

Geff

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