[SHEBY, spoken]
There's a calf, there's a calf

[JABEZ, spoken]
A new baby calf

[GRAMMA, spoken]
And we're about to baptize him

[SHEBY, spoken]
Else he'll live and die a miserable sinner

[JABEZ, spoken]
And go to hell
Come along, Gideon

[WOMAN, spoken]
Baptizing a calf
Well, bless your dear little Christian hearts

[GIDEON, GRAMMA, MARTHA, MICAH, SHEBY & JABEZ]
Clang dang the bell
Gather by the well
Sprinkle joy on baby boy
So's he'll not go to hell
Flap flop the broom
Give the reverend room
Wash the sins off babykins
And save a soul from doom

[MICAH]
Let's give him the namе of Nebuchadnezzar
He was a Biblе king

[GIDEON]
Let's ponder the name of David
'Tis easier to sing

[SHEBY]
Let's give him the name of 'Lijah the prophet
Eli or Elihu

[JABEZ]
Let's give him the name of blasphemy
For that's in the Bible too

[GIDEON, GRAMMA, MARTHA, MICAH, SHEBY & JABEZ]
Clang dang the bell
Gather by the well
Sprinkle joy on baby boy
So's he'll not go to hell
Clang dang the bell
Gather by the well
Sprinkle joy on baby boy
So's he'll not go to hell
Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell