There was a little man, and he had a little horse;
He saddle it and bridled it and threw his leg across,
Singing: Ay tie yie, ay tie yie,
Ay tiddly, ay tiddly, ay tie yie!
He rode and he rode 'till he came to a brook;
There he saw a fisherman a-baiting of his hook,
"Fisherman, fisherman, fisherman," said he,
"Have you a codfish for my fee?"
"Yes, sir, course, sir, I've got two--
There's one for me, there's one for you.
He took that codfish by the back bone,
And he mounted on his horse and he galloped back home.
But when he got home he couldn't find himself a dish,
So into the chamberpot he put a little fish!
All night long his old woman cries:
"The Devil's down below, I can see his beady eyes!"
And when in the morning she sat down to squat,
The codfish jumped up her you-know-what!
She yelled bloody murder: "Well,"cried she,
"There's a bloody big somthing getting up me!"
She hopped and she jumped and she gave a little roar,
And there was the codfish a-skating on the floor!
They chased that codfish all around the room;
They hit him with a brush, they banged him with a broom,
First they hit him on the belly, they hit him on the side,
They hit him on the arse 'till the poor bugger died!
The moral to this song is easy for to find:
There's none of us got his eyes on behind!
So better be sure before you squat
There's nothing swimming in the champber pot!