Blister and a bottlecap, fetch my skippin' stone Blister and a bottlecap, fetch my skippin' stone Get a bone, get a bone, fetch my skippin' stone I went right down to the riverbank, mama, what you think I found? I went right down to the riverbank, mama, what you think I found? It's a little bitty basket-baby, and it's alabama-bound I went sun-side up the dune-side, just to watch my shadow crawl I went sun-side up the dune-side, just to watch my shadow crawl Well, I broke up all the driftwood, oh you know I broke it all I sat down in the front yard, just to watch my daughter sow I sat down in the front yard, just to watch my daughter sow Oh, water what you want child, 'cause somethin' bound to grow I went deep dark in the red bark, with a hike-stick and a log I went deep dark in the red bark, with a hike-stick and a log If ya don't know how to do it, I'll show ya how to walk the dog I went right back to the riverbank, mama, what you think I saw? I went right back to the riverbank, mama, what you think I saw? It's a little bitty basket-baby, and it's bound for arkansas Well, I didn't mean to do it, but I broke yer lookin' glass Well, I didn't mean to do it, but I broke yer lookin' glass Oh, it's blister and a bottlecap, mama, and the first one shall be las