the mississippi squirrel revival

well

when i was a kid i'd take a trip every summer down the mississippi

to visit my granny in her antebellum world

i'd run barefooted all day long climbin' trees free as a song

and one day i happened to catch myself a squirrel

well

i stuffed him down in an old shoe box

punched a couple of holes in the top

and when sunday came i snuck him into church

i was sittin' way back in the very last pew showin' him to my good buddy hugh

when that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk

well

what happened next is hard to tell

some thought it was heaven others thought it was hell

but the fact that something was among us was plain to see

as the choir sang i surrender all" the squirrel ran up harv newlan's coveralls