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in the arkansas mountains way back in the hills
lived my old pappy we had us a still
we brewed white lightning till the sun went down
in the arkansas mountains way back in the hills
lived my old pappy we had us a still
we brewed white lightning till the sun went down
way back in the hills
lived my old pappy and he had him a still
he brewed white lightning until the sun went down
way back in the hills
lived my old pappy and he had him a still
he brewed white lightning until the sun went down
boy
you listen to your old pappy
yeah
boy
you listen to your old pappy
yeah
start
the great grand-pappy when the land was young
barred his do' wit' a wagon tongue
start
the great grand-pappy when the land was young
barred his do' wit' a wagon tongue
start
everybody stay talking 'bout they wanna hear that new young pappy and bang
well
start
everybody stay talking 'bout they wanna hear that new young pappy and bang
well
do i love her lowdy law
her pappy came from texas
her maw from arkansas
do i love her lowdy law
her pappy came from texas
her maw from arkansas
in my heart the joy tears start 'cause i'm happy
and i pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
i'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mommie and daddy
in my heart the joy tears start 'cause i'm happy
and i pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
i'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mommie and daddy
in my heart the joy tears start 'cause i'm happy
and i pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
i'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mommie and daddy
in my heart the joy tears start 'cause i'm happy
and i pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
i'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mommie and daddy
they didn't get too far
grandpappy told my pappy back in my day
son
they didn't get too far
grandpappy told my pappy back in my day
son
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i think i was about seventeen when my pappy said to me
come on now with me
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i think i was about seventeen when my pappy said to me
come on now with me
but i got to tell you tied up still a classic
now we gone talk about pappy
i can vouch that young nigga was savage
but i got to tell you tied up still a classic
now we gone talk about pappy
i can vouch that young nigga was savage
i just can't make it come down
believe me pappy
i can't get happy
i just can't make it come down
believe me pappy
i can't get happy
i'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
and scat right back to my pappy's farm
and leave the honky tonk blues
i'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
and scat right back to my pappy's farm
and leave the honky tonk blues
jelly stays on my mind
jelly roll killed my pappy
and drove my mama stone blind.
jelly stays on my mind
jelly roll killed my pappy
and drove my mama stone blind.
like a straying baby lamb
with no mammy and no pappy
i'm so unhappy
like a straying baby lamb
with no mammy and no pappy
i'm so unhappy
i used to go out with a girl 'bout your age
i tried to please her pappy all the time went out my way to please her pappy
i come here one day i said: nice weather we're having" say "you can't say that
i used to go out with a girl 'bout your age
i tried to please her pappy all the time went out my way to please her pappy
i come here one day i said: nice weather we're having" say "you can't say that
yonder goes willie he's passin' on a hill he don't dress nice but he drives fit to kill
burma shave. well my pappy ain't smart he ain't good at quizzin'
but one thing he knows is how to keep mama his'n
yonder goes willie he's passin' on a hill he don't dress nice but he drives fit to kill
burma shave. well my pappy ain't smart he ain't good at quizzin'
but one thing he knows is how to keep mama his'n
it's a pleasure to be sad. like a straying baby lamb
with no mammy and no pappy
i'm so unhappy
it's a pleasure to be sad. like a straying baby lamb
with no mammy and no pappy
i'm so unhappy