Standard (EADGBE)
Lost my partner, skip to my Lou
Lost my partner, skip to my Lou
Lost my partner, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou, my darling
every verse is just like the first verse: repeat the line three times then it goes skip
my lou my darling
I'll get another one, purtier'n you
Can't get a blue bird, jay bird'll do
Fly in the sugar bowl, shoo fly shoo
The old gray mare has lost her shoe
Pretty brown eyes are looking at you
One old boot and a run-down shoe
My old shoe is torn in two
Hair in the butter dish four feet long
Hair in the biscuit six feet through
Cows in the corn-field, two by two
Rats in the bread-tray, how the chew
You stole my partner, what'll I do
I'll get another one, quicker'n you
If I had a pistol, I'd shoot you, too