My girl's a honey, she's got the money
Honey and money, everything's sunny.
Her name is Katy and she's a lady
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
Yes she's my honey, she's got the money
A big limousine and a flyin' machine.
She's quite a baby and there's no maybe
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
Delighting, exciting, very inviting
Sweeter than julep, cute as a tulip
She dresses neatly, kisses so sweetly
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
She's quite romantic, she drives me frantic
Shot Cupid's dart straight through my heart
I'm shackled and tied, but I'm satisfied
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
Peachy complexion picture perfection
Blue eyes that glisten lips that need kissin'
She's quite a beauty and she's my baby cutie
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
I popped the question, was her suggestion
Said she'd be mine, said her daddy would sign
I'm looking over a four-leafed clover
I'm eatin' high on the hog.
When our old age pension check comes to our door,
We won't have to dread the poor house anymore.
Though we're old and thin and gray,
Good times will be back to stay,
When our old age pension check comes to our door.
When her old age pension check comes to her door,
Dear old grandma won't be lonesome any more.
She'll be waiting at the gate,
Every night she'll have a date,
When her old age pension check comes to her door.
Grow a flowing long white beard and use a cane,
'Cause you're in your second childhood, don't complain.
Life will just begin at sixty,
And we'll all feel very frisky,
When our old age pension check comes to our door.
Powder and paint will be abolished on that day,
Ankle skirts will then be brought back into play.
Painted cheeks will be the rage,
And old maids will tell their age,
When their old age pension check comes to our door.
All the drug stores will go bankrupt on that day,
For cosmetics, they will all be put away.
I'll put the flapper on the shelf,
And get a grandma for myself,
When her old age pension check comes to her door.
There's a man that turned this country upside-down
With his old age pension rumor going 'round.
If you want in on the fun,
Send your dimes to Washington,
And that old age pension man will be around.
Hard luck papa can't stand his ground,
He was a good papa, but he done gone down.
Lawd, Lawd, got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Hard luck papa standing in the rain,
If the world was corn he couldn't buy grain.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Two old maids, playing in the sand,
Each one a-wishin' that the other'n was a man.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Two old maids done lost their style,
If you want to be lucky you've got to smile.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Hard luck papa countin' his toes,
You can smell his feet wherever he goes.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Hard luck papa can't do his stuff,
The trouble with him, he's been too rough.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
Early to bed and early to rise,
And your girl goes out with other guys.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
If you don't b'lieve it, try it yourself;
I tried it but I got left.
Lawd, Lawd, he got them Brown's Ferry Blues!
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Doc's Lyrics:
Hard luck papa comin' down the lane
Mama give him back his walkin' cane
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Thrown it away and he went to town
To see that woman and now he's down
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Hard luck papa gettin' too tired
If he don't quit drinkin', he'll be high as a kite
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
He's drinkin' that block and tackle kind
He can walk a block and tackle a lion
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
I walked up to my girl's old man
And I asked him for my true love's hand
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
He said, "You la-la-little galoot"
And instead of her hand, I got his foot
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Hard luck papa standin' in the rain
If the world was corn, he couldn't buy grain
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
He runs around in secondhand clothes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Revenue man took my gin
I hope they won't come back again
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Took my sweetie with them too
'Cause she'd had a little drink or two
Lord, Lord, I got them Brown's Ferry blues
Said that's why he took her
Chorus:
Oh, my heart skips a beat when we
walk down the street
I feel a trembling in my knees
And just to know you're mine until the end of time
Makes my heart skip a beat
Well, I did a double take the day I met you
My heart turned a flip as I stood next to you
And I knew right there I never could forget you
For you are my every dream come true every dream come true
Chorus
You came into my life without a warning
And you turned my cloudy skies from gray to blue
You're my sunshine that comes up every morning
Yes you are my every dream come true
Chorus:
The green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to Heaven that I know,
Though the times are sad and drear' and I cannot linger here,
They'll keep me and never let me go.
My Daddy said, "Don't ever be a miner,
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own.
Oh it's hard times everywhere, I can't find a dime to spare,
These are the worst times I've ever known."
Chorus
Oh I'll move away into some crowded city,
In some Northern factory town you'll find me there.
Though I'll leave the past behind, I will never change my mind,
These troubled times are more than I can bear.
Chorus
And someday I'll go back to West Virginia,
To the green rolling hills I love so well.
Yes, someday I'll go home, and I know I'll right some wrongs,
These troubled times will follow me no more.
Yes, someday I'll go home, and I know I'll right ssome wrongs,
And these troubled times will follow me no more.
I left my old home to ramble this country
My mother and dad said son don't go wrong
Remember that God will always watch o'er you
And we will be waiting for you here at home
Chorus:
Son don't go astray was what they both told me
Remember that love for God can be found
But now they're both gone this letter just told me
For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown
For many long years this world I have rambled
No thoughts of the day when I would return
Now as I go home and find no one waiting
The price I have paid to live and to learn
Chorus:
Dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music
You'll never make a wife to a home-loving man
A home and little children mean nothing to you
A house filled with love and a husband so true
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet
And the only home you'll know is the club down the street
A drinking and dancing to a honky tonk band
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
Go out and have your fun, you think you've played it smart
I'm sorry for you and your honky tonk heart
