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OLE OPRY FOR 48 YEARS
LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS.
HERE HE IS.
THANK YOU, CHET ATKINS.
I'M GOING TO SING A SONG THAT MINNIE PEARL ALWAYS LIKED
ONE DAY SHE SAID TO ME, SHE SAID, "LITTLE JIM
TRULY, DID YOU REALLY SLEEP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED?"
I SAID, "MINNIE, THAT SONG IS GOSPEL TRUTH."
AND I SAID, "I'VE LIVED EVERY LINE IN THAT SONG."
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WHY YOU LOOK LIKE THAT."
♪ DID YOU EVER SLEEP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED ♪
♪ WHEN THE WEATHER WAS A-WHIZZIN' COLD ♪
♪ AND THE WINTER WAS WHISTLIN' AROUND THE HOUSE ♪
♪ AND THE MOON WAS YELLER AS GOLD? ♪
♪♪ AND YOU GIVE YOUR GOOD WARM MATTRESS UP ♪
♪ TO AUNT LIZZIE AND UNCLE FRED ♪
♪ TOO MANY KINFOLKS ON A BAD NIGHT ♪
♪ SO YOU WENT TO THE FOOT OF THE BED ♪
♪ I COULD ALWAYS WAIT TILL THE OLD FOLKS ET ♪
♪ AND EAT THE LEAVIN'S WITH GRACE ♪
♪ THE TEACHER COULD KEEP ME AFTER SCHOOL ♪
♪ I'D STILL HAVE A SMILE ON MY FACE ♪
♪ I COULD WEAR THE BIG BOYS' WORE-OUT CLOTHES ♪
♪ LET SISTER HAVE MY SLED ♪
♪ BUT I ALWAYS DID GET MY NANNY GOAT ♪
♪ TO SLEEP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED ♪
EVERYBODY.
♪ THEY SAY SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ♪
♪♪ HAVIN' COMPANY ALL OVER THE PLACE ♪
♪ TO WRESTLE FOR COVER ON A WINTER NIGHT ♪
♪ WITH A BIG FOOT A-SITTIN' IN YOUR FACE ♪
♪ OR COLD TOENAILS A-SCRATCHIN' YOUR BACK ♪
♪ AND THE FOOTBOARD'S SCRUBBING YOUR HEAD ♪
♪ I'LL TELL THE WORLD YOU AIN'T LOST A THING ♪
♪ NEVER SLEEPIN' AT THE FOOT OF THE BED ♪
♪ 'TWAS FINE ENOUGH WHEN THE KINFOLKS COME ♪
♪ THE KIDS BROUGHT BRAND-NEW GAMES ♪
♪ YOU COULD SEE HOW FAT ALL THE OLD FOLKS WAS ♪
♪ AND LEARN ALL THE BABIES' NAMES ♪
♪ WE HAD BISCUITS AND CUSTARD AND CHICKEN PIE ♪
♪ WE ALL GOT SUNDAY FED ♪
♪ BUT I KNOWED DURN WELL
♪ I WAS HEADIN' FOR THE FOOT OF THE BED ♪
ALL RIGHT, DAN.
♪♪ I'VE DONE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN ♪
♪ IN THIS LAND OF THE BRAVE AND FREE ♪
♪ AND IN THIS ALL-FIRED BATTLE OF LIFE ♪
♪ IT'S LEFT ITS MARK ON ME ♪
♪ FOR I'M ALWAYS A-STRUGGLIN' AROUND AT THE FOOT ♪
♪ INSTEAD OF FORGIN' AHEAD ♪
♪♪ AND I DON'T THINK IT'S CAUSED FROM A DOGGONE THING ♪♪
♪ BUT A-SLEEPIN' AT THE FOOT OF THE BED. ♪