Did You Feed My Cow?
Did you feed my Cow?
Yeah, Man! Or Yes, Ma'am!
Will you tell me how?
Yeah, Man
Oh, what did you give her?
Corn and Hay!
What did you give her?
Corn and Hay!
Did you milk her good?
Yeah, Man
Did you do like you should?
Yeah, Man
Oh, how did you milk her?
Swish, Swish, Swish
How did you milk her?
Swish, Swish, Swish
Did my cow have a calf?
Yeah, Man
Did you cheer and laugh?
Yeah, Man
Oh, what does the calf say?
Baa, Baa, Baa
What does the calf say say?
Baa, Baa, Baa
Does she run and play?
Yeah, Man
Did she play all day?
Yeah, Man
Well run on home now.
Bye, bye, bye
Run on home now.
Bye, bye, bye
Adapted from Did you Feed My Cow? by Margaret Taylor (Thomas Y Crowell, New York) published in A Second Storyteller's Choice by Eileen Colwell, 1967. Dr. Mike Lockett (2005) altered the entire second half of the poem. In the original version, the cow dies and buzzards pick at the bones. Lockett prefers a less violent version with today's children. The illustration at the top of this story is by Chung Yi-Ru. The copyright, 2014, is owned by Mike Lockett.