# The Farmer in the Dell
1820 
Germany
# Lyrics
The farmer in the dell.
The farmer in the dell.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The farmer in the dell.
The farmer takes a wife.
The farmer takes a wife.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The farmer takes a wife.
The wife takes a child.
The wife takes a child.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The wife takes a child.
The child takes a nurse.
The child takes a nurse.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The child takes a nurse.
The nurse takes a cow.
The nurse takes a cow.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The nurse takes a cow.
The cow takes a dog.
The cow takes a dog.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The cow takes a dog.
The dog takes a cat.
The dog takes a cat.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The dog takes a cat.
The cat takes the mouse (or rat).
The cat takes the mouse (or rat).
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The cat takes the mouse (or rat).
The mouse (or rat) takes the cheese.
The mouse (or rat) takes the cheese.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The mouse (or rat) takes the cheese.
The cheese stands alone.
The cheese stands alone.
Hi-ho, the derry-o!
The cheese stands alone.