Nathan Killed a Belled Cow

DESCRIPTION: "Nathan killed a belled cow and fed the dogs the liver, And now we're out of meat, and we'll hang the dogs forever." "Oh, the hawks shoot the buzzards and the buzzards shoot the crows." "Oh, the maggots and the skippers they do grow so very bold."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol2)
KEYWORDS: cattle dog animal food bird nonballad floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol2, p. 29, "Nathan Killed a Bell Cow" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3644
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Shoot the Buffalo" (lyrics)
NOTES [47 words]: Roud lumps this with "Shoot the Buffalo," and I entirely see his point; the second verse borrows words from that song, and the whole thing is likely based on it, but this has so many unique words that I would consider it a song in its own right, if a feeble and little-known one. - RBW
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File: BWV2029

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