Old MacDonald Had a Farm
"The Ohio Farmer" header may seem an odd picture to use at the top of a post about "Old MacDonald" - until you learn how this now famous nursery rhyme developed.
Arguably the earliest published version of this song was in "Tommy's Tunes" in 1917 - a book of songs by F. T. Nettleingham - with the following lyrics:
Old McDougal had a farm
In Ohio - i - o
And on that farm he had some dogs
In Ohio - i - o
There are other similar songs (e.g. Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho") that probably merged to become the standard song we know today.
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