Snuff Dipper

Over there in Gleason Tennessee, where I was born and raised I used to take a moonlight stroll in the pasture where the milk cows graze One night there she was, sitting up on the fence I grinned at her, she grinned back, I could tell she had some sense Said,"I'm real pleased to meet ya, Mam. You look like a diamond in the rough." She said,"Shut up your fancy talk and give me a pinch of that snuff." Well I'm gonna have to admit now, I was just a little bit surprised When I handed her that box of snuff, there was love in that woman's eyes Snuff dipper, snuff dipper, it's the story of my life Snuff dipper, snuff dipper, bet she'd make me a wonderful wife So I courted that gal in the tater patch, I courted her in the sorghum cane I kissed her in the sunshine, I even kissed her out in the rain First time I kissed them snuff-stained lips we was sittin' on a holler log She had breath on her that would stifle a Hampshire hog I said, "Whoo! What a pucker! You really know your stuff." She said, "You didn't want no kiss at all. You just stole my pinch of snuff." Then one night, when the time was right, I said, "Sweety, we ought to get wise. Two can dip just as cheap as one if we's to get that giant economy size." So we went to the preacher's house, I said, "Preacher, we'd like to get wed." He tied the knot, said, "Like her or not, she's yours 'til you're plum dead." I said, " Here, lemme pay you something. Reckon a dollar'd be enough?" He said, "Naw, just keep your money, boy, and gimme a dip of that snuff." Well, I got me a level headed woman now, she's the sweetest thing in the South Reason I know she's level headed, I seen it running out of both sides of her mouth.