May 23, 2008

  • Since it is getting to be camping time I thought that I would put some lyrics of some of the songs that my family has sung for many years. Enjoy.

    BESSIE THE HEIFER
    Recorded by: "Little" Jimmy Dickens
    Writer: Boudleaux Bryant and Jimmy Dickens

    [C] My daddy gave a calf to me
    For a Christmas present [G7] once
    I picked a little heifer out
    'Cause both of us were [C] runts
    She never had no sense
    But she grew up allright some-[G7] how
    And when it came to givin' milk
    She was an educated [C] cow.

    CHORUS
    [C] Bessie the heifer
    The [F] queen of all [C] cows
    She gave more milk
    Than any law al-[G7] lows
    In the [C] mornin' she gave pasteurized
    At [F] nite she gave homogenized
    [C] Bessie the heifer
    The [G7] queen of all the [C] cows.

    I took her to the county fair
    To try to win a prize
    She knew what was goin' on
    I saw it in her eyes
    The contest made her nervous
    She tried so hard to please
    But when I tried to milk her
    All I got was cottage cheese.

    CHORUS

    I planted me a 'tater patch
    To earn some extra dough
    To take a short vacation
    With some city folks I know
    But no one else would milk the cow
    No matter how I'd nag
    So pa took my vacation
    Leavin' me to hold the bag.

    CHORUS
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    We had some chickens
    No eggs would they lay
    We had some chickens
    No eggs would they lay
    My wife said, Honey
    We're los'in money
    An' that ain't funny
    Why won't they lay eggs
    Then one day a rooster
    Came into our yard
    An' caught those chickens
    Completely off guard
    They're lay'in eggs now
    Just like they use'ter
    Ever since that rooster
    Came into our yard
    They're lay'in eggs now
    Just like they use'ter
    Ever since that rooster
    Came into our yard

    We had some milk cows
    No milk would they give
    We had some milk cows
    No milk would they give
    My wife said, Honey
    We're los'in money
    An' that ain't funny
    Why won't they give milk
    Then one day a rooster
    Came into our yard
    An' caught those milk cows
    Completely off guard
    They're giv'in eggnog
    In wax containers
    To bad that rooster
    Ran out'a steam
    They're giv'in eggnog
    In wax containers
    To bad that rooster
    Ran out'a steam

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    I'm a nut in a rut I'm Crazy
    I called Myself up on the phone just to see if I was home
    Asked Myself out on a date
    Picked Me up at Half Past Eight
    I'm a nut in a rut I'm crazy
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    I'm a juvenile delinquent
    I roam the streets from one to four.
    I drink and smoke with every guy and bum
    waiting  on the corner for the pickup to come.
    I'm a juvenile delinquent,afraid to go home anymore

    My mother hates me,

    afraid to go home anymore, 

    my daddy beats me,

    afraid to go home anymore,
    and then theres granny,
    Swingin' on the outhouse door,
    as if she owned it,
    Swingin' on the outhouse door,
    without her nighty,
    Swingin' on the outhouse door.

    Grandpas yellin more,more more

    This is the last time, swingin on the outhouse door

    Haha I fooled ya

    Swingin on the outhouse door.

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    1. The poor old slave has gone to rest, we know that he is free;
    His bones they lie, disturb them not, way down in Tennessee.

    2. The pee-or old slee-ave has gee-one to ree-est, we knee-oh that hee-oh
    is free-oh-free-free;
    His bee-ones they lee-eye, dis-tee-urb them nee-ot, way dee-own in
    Tee-ennessee-oh-see-see.

    3. The piggety-pag-poor old sliggety-slag-slave has giggety-gag-gone to
    riggety-rag-rest,
    we kniggety-nag-know that higgety-hag-ho is free-oh-free-free;
    His biggety-bag-bones they liggety-lag-lie, dis-tiggety-tag-turb them
    niggety-nag-not,
    way diggety-dag-down in Tiggety-tag-tennessee-oh-see-see.
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    This next one was a must if we were going to visit my dads mother.

    The old gray mare,
    She ain't what she used to be
    Ain't what she used to be,
    Ain't what she used to be
    The old gray mare,
    She ain't what she used to be
    Many long years ago.

    Many long years ago,
    Many long years ago,
    The old gray mare,
    She ain't what she used to be
    Many long years ago.

    The old gray mare,
    She went to the county fair,
    Sat in the electric chair,
    Burned off her underwear
    The old gray mare,
    She aint what she used to be
    Many long years ago.

    Many long years ago,
    Many long years ago,
    The old gray mare,
    She aint what she used to be
    Many long years ago.

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