An’ cut a road through the farmer’s’ fields.
The coon went to the spring one day
To get a pail of water;
The distance he had to go
Was two miles and a quarter.
He got there an’ started back,
But he stumbled an’ fell down;
He went to the house and got another pail,
An’ caught the water ’fore it hit the ground.
The coon stole a thousand dollars,