Good Old Days of Adam and of Eve

When I was young and very little
We used to make sugar in a potash kettle
Now you must have an evaporating pan
If you don't make white sugar, 'taint worth a damn

Oh dear me, I can't help but grieve
For the good old days of Adam and of Eve
Oh dear me, I can't help but grieve
For the good old days of Adam and of Eve

When we used to go to a ball
We went with an ox team or no team at all
Now you must have a horse and sleigh
Buffalo robes and everything gay

The boys used to be both happy and gay
And able to work both night and day
How they look like an eel that is skinned
And they tremble like cornstock shaking in the wind

Sung by Caroline and Sandy Paton, verses assembled from their neighbours, as well as Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont, through Helen Hartness Flanders