Now I Lay Me (Lumberjack Version)

DESCRIPTION: "Now I lay me down to sleep, Where the lice and bedbugs creep, If I should die before I wake, Who in hell will blow my stake?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: bug death gambling
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, p. 122, "Now I Lay Me" (1 short text)
Roud #6507
File: BBun122A

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