Traveling Coon

歌詞

Folks, let me tell you about a travelin' coon, his home is down in Tennessee He made his living stealing people's chickens and everything he's seein' Policeman got straight behind this coon, and it certainly made him take to a road There never was a passenger train that run so fast that shine didn't get on board He was a travelin' man, he was a travelin' man He was the travelin'est man, finest was in the land He was a travelin' man, he's known for miles around He never give up, no, he wouldn't give up 'til the police shot him down They sent this travelin' coon to spring one day, to fetch a pail of water I think the distance from the house to the spring, sixteen miles and a quarter The coon went there and he got the water all right, come back, stubbed his toe, and fell down He run back home and got another pail, he caught the water 'fore it hit the ground He was a travelin' man, he was a travelin' man He was the travelin'est man, finest was in the land He was a travelin' man, he was known for miles around He never give up, no, he wouldn't give up 'til the police shot him down This travelin' coon thought he'd hobo Titanic, just beside the ocean blue He saw that ice berg comin', right off the Titanic he flew All the passengers got excited on the ship and said, "Now, ain't that shine a fool?" But when that iceberg struck the Titanic, he shootin' craps in Liverpool He was a travelin' man, he was a travelin' man He was the travelin'est man, finest was in the land He was a travelin' man, he was known for miles around He never give up, no, he wouldn't give up 'til the police shot him down They caught this travelin' coon at last, and sentenced him to be hung one day All the jurymans asked the shine, "What you have to say?" He begged all the jurymans, "Will y'all all bow down in prayer?" He crossed his legs and he winked one eye, he went straight up through the air He was a travelin' man, he was a travelin' man He was the travelin'est man, finest was in the land He was a travelin' man, he was known for miles around He never give up, no, he wouldn't give up 'til the police shot him down