I remember Mom singing this to me when I was very little and then again when I was in my late teens/early twenties.  I recently found an old tape where cousin Tonnye is singing this song.  I converted it to digital format so you can listen to it on the music memory page located here.

 

My mama said if I'd be good,
She'd send me to the store
She said she'd make some gingerbread
If I would sweep the floor

She said if I would make the bed
And dust the telephone
That she would send me out to buy
A chocolate ice cream cone

And so I did the things she said
And then she made the gingerbread
Then I went out, just me alone
And bought a chocolate ice cream cone

While coming back I stubbed my toe
Upon a big old stone
Now need I tell you that I dropped
My chocolate ice cream cone

A little puppy came along
And took a great big lick
And so I hit that mean old dog
With just a little stick

Then he bit me where I sit down
And he chased me all over town
And now I'm lost, can't find my home
And all because of a chocolate ice cream cone


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