Guess I'll Eat Some Worms

DESCRIPTION: "Nobody (likes/loves) me, Everybody hates me, Going to the garden To eat worms." The rest of the song may describe the means by which one consumes the invertebrates or list the reasons why the singer is disliked (assuming it isn't obvious)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Opie & Opie)
KEYWORDS: animal food campsong
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, pp.138-139, "Guess I'll Eat Some Worms" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 99, 499, 510, "Nobody Likes Me"/"I Eat Worms" (notes only)
DT, EATWORMS
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #137, "(Nobody Loves Me)" (1 text)
Roud #12764
File: DTeatwor

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