Sleepy0eyed John

Intro: #1 Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek, I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow play a little tune wherever I go Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you INTERLUDE: #2 Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still, we'll miss our supper down in Candyville " Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you INTERLUDE: #3 Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg With one shoe off and one shoe on he could do the double-shuffle til the cows come home Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you INTERLUDE: #4 Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence I took my money and I ain't worked since I sold my buggy and I sold my plow I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you INTERLUDE: #5 Over the hickory and down the pine the racoon left and the old hound whined John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left They crossed Green River in a minute and a half Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you OUTRO: (x2)(Fade ) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat