He Shouldnt-a Hadnt-a Oughtnt-a Swang On Me

Henry Mancini

Intro He sleeps out there, out where the coyotes wail, The reason he ain't at the bar with the boys, Makes quite a dismal tale ... He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me, He oughtn't-a, shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, no siree. You don't get many callers, Sleeping on the lone prairie. But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me. verse 1 Way out West we're wild and wooly, In order to explain it fully: We're tall grown, all grown, All the men are hairy-chested, And all the women, double-breasted. We're lady-like until molested, And then we're on our own! He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me, He oughtn't-a shouldn't-a hadn't-a felt so free. His wife gets the insurance, And I'm sorry as can be, But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me. verse 2 This here job is mighty tryin', Sometimes the room is fairly flyin' with High-balls, eye-balls. One got killed, somebody got 'im, Tore up the joint from top to bottom. I think I was that one that shot him, As near as I recall. He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me, He massacred eight or nine men at the Lazy "B". He then took on the sheriff, and the sheriff's deputy, But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me. verse 3 All you boys remember Harry, The wrangler I was set to marry, A long man, strong man. One night he yells, "I'm from Texas!" And socks me in my solar plexus. Well having normal, good reflexes, I knocked him on his can! He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a blacked my eye, I'm really a lovable, peaceable kind of guy. I wouldn't scare a rabbit, and I couldn't harm a flea, But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me. Music 1 verse 4 If this story has a moral, It's: When you're looking for a quarrel or Show Down. "Slow down." If by now, you haven't mastered, The gentle art of getting plastered, You're just a Low-Down, you ain't mastered, The motto of our town! You shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a start no fight, Our burying ground is a most impressive sight. The message on them tombstones is as simple as can be, He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me, He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me!

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