Chickens crowin' on Sourwood Mountain 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

So many pretty girls I can't count em 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



My true love's a blue eyed daisy 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

She won't come and I'm too lazy 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



Big dog bark, little dog bite you 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

Big girl courts, little one spite you 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



My true love's a blue eyed daisy 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

If I don't get her, I'll go crazy 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



My true love lives at the head of the hollow 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

She won't come and I won't follow 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



My true love lives over the river 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

Few more jumps and I'll be with her 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 



Ducks in the pond, geese in the ocean 

Hey-ho diddle-um day 

Devil's in the women, if they take a notion 

Hey-ho diddle-um day