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Pork In The Cupboard (Collected by Kenneth Peacock)

La da diddle la diddle la diddle dum da,
Da diddle la diddle la diddle dum da,
La da diddle la diddle la da da diddle,
La diddle la dum dum da,
La da diddle la diddle dum da,
Da diddle la diddle la diddle dum da.

Oh, there's pork in the cupboard,
There's beef on the shelf,
If no one don't eat it I'll eat it myself.
La da diddle la diddle la da da diddle,
La diddle la dum dum da,
La da diddle la diddle la diddle dum da,
Da diddle la diddle la diddle dum da.

####.... Author unknown. Collected in 1952 from Mrs. Nellie Musseau of Mouse Island, NL, by Kenneth Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, p.91, by the National Museum Of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved. ....####

This is an example of 'chin' muisc. Further information about 'chin' music can be found in the notes following the song I Got A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue, which was also sung by Mrs. Musseau.

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