paroles de chanson Ha-Ha This a Way (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 3/13/1941, Pt. 5) - Lead Belly

More play
This time a children's play song
"Ha-ha this a way, Ha-ha that a way"

Now this here is children playing
Down home they play like little frogs in a mill pond
They get around and grab one another by the arm
And they'll dance around, they'll sing
And as they sing, they'll dance the way they sing it
If they say "Ha Ha this a way" that means this a way
If they "Ha Ha That a way"
That means you're going from me to somebody else

Ha ha this-a way
Ha ha that-a way
Ha ha this-a way
Man oh then

When I was a little boy little boy little boy
When I was a little boy 12 years old
Papa went and left me left me left me left me
Papa went and left me so I was told

Ha ha this-a way
Ha ha that-a way
Ha ha this-a way
Man oh then

Mama come and got me got me got me
Mama come and got me to save my soul
Mama never whipped me whipped me whipped me
Mama never whooped me so I was told
Ha ha this-a way
Ha ha that-a way
Ha ha this-a way
Man oh then

I went to school went to school went to school boys
I went to school and I was 12 years old

Obeyed the rules the rules the rules boys
Obeyed the rules as I was told

Ha ha this-a way
Ha ha that-a way
Ha ha this-a way
Man oh then

Went to a teacher teacher teacher
Went to a teacher to save my soul
Teacher was a preacher preacher preacher
Teacher was a preacher so I was told
Ha ha this-a way
Ha ha that-a way
Ha ha this-a way
Man oh then

I learned my lesson lesson lesson
Learned my lesson to save my soul