Three Pigs

DESCRIPTION: "There was an old sow, she lived in a sty, And three little piggies had she." The grown pig said "Oink," the little ones "Wee! Wee!" The little pigs resolve to try to say "Oink" like grown-up pigs -- but can't do it, sicken, and die
AUTHOR: Alfred Scott Gatty (1847-1918) (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Heart-Songs)
KEYWORDS: animal youth humorous death
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 307-308, "Three Pigs" (1 text, 1 tune)
Grimes-StoriesFromTheAnneGrimesCollection, p. 38, "The Old Sow" (1 tune)
Heart-Songs, p. 481, "The Three Little Pigs" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4575
File: LxA307

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