Sleepy-Eyed John

歌詞

Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat I tune fiddle and I rub my bow Play a little tune wherever I go Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yore britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better goet your britches on Try to get to heaven 'for the devil gets to you 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 Candy ville" Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yore britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better goet your britches on Try to get to heaven 'for the devil gets to you Now Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg The wooden leg was nothing but a little wooden peg With one shoe off and one shoe on Do the double-shuffle 'till the cows come home Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yore britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better goet your britches on Try to get to heaven 'for the devil gets to you 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 yore britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better goet your britches on Try to get to heaven 'for the devil gets to you 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 yore britches on Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better goet your britches on Try to get to heaven 'for the devil gets to you