Lomax Recording

An important audio documentarian recorded this popular schoolyard chant while visiting Oxford, Mississippi in 1959. Audio version available. RealAudio | Wav File 200k

Izard baby, Izard baby

where are you?

Daddy got the shovel

Momma did, too.

Ricky's in the river

turning blue.

Izard baby, Izard baby

where are you?