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I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground 
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground 
I wish l was a mole in the ground. Yes, I wish I was a mole in the ground: 'F I'se a mole in the ground, l'd root that mountain down, And I wish I was a mole in the ground. 
Oh, Kimpy wants a nine-dollar shawl. Yes, Kimpy wants a nine-dollar shawl; When I come o'er the hill with a forty-dollar bill, 'Tis "Baby, where you been so Iong?" 
I been in the pen so long. Yes, I been in the pen so long; l been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men. 'Tis "Baby, where you been so long?" 
I don't like a railroad man. No, l don't like a railroad man; 'Cause a railroad man they'll kill you when he can, And drink up your blood like wine. 
I wish I was a lizard in the spring. Ycs, l wish I was a l;zard in the spring; 'F I'se a lizard in the spring, I'd hear my darlin' sing, An' I wish l was a lizard in the spring. 
Come, Kimpy, let your hair roll down. Kimpy let your hair roll down; Let your hair roll down and your bangs curl around, Oh, Kimpy, let your hair roll down. 
l wish I was a mole in the ground. Yes, I wish I was a mole in the ground: 'F I'se a mole in the ground, I'd root that mountain down, An'I wish I was a mole in the ground. 
From Bascom Lamar Lunceford.