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♪ I'M LIKE A BANTY ROOSTER ♪
♪ IN A BIG RED ROOSTER CROWD ♪
♪ I'M PUNY AND SHORT AND LITTLE, BUT I'M LOUD. ♪
( fiddle solo )
Announcer: AN OPRY MEMBER
SINCE 1 THE COU
MEMBER OF OF FAME
THE LEGENDARY LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS!
( applause )
♪ MY PAPPY USED TO TAN MY HIDE ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ HE TAUGHT ME TO BE DIGNIFIED ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ AND WHEN HE TOOK HIS STRAP TO ME ♪
♪ TURNED ME DOWN ACROSS HIS KNEE ♪
♪♪ HE SURE DID HURT MY DIGNITY ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ YEAH, I SMOKED MY FIRST CIGARETTE ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ NOW, THAT'S A DAY I WON'T FORGET ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I GOT SICK,
♪ HOW THAT TOBACCER TURNED ME GREEN ♪
♪ I ALMOST DIED FROM NICOTINE ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I GOT MY EDUCATION ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I AIN'T FOOLIN', NO, SIREE ♪
♪ PASSED EACH EXAMINATION ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ AND IT ALMOST MADE A WRECK OUT OF ME ♪
♪ I MET A PRETTY GIRL ONE DAY ♪♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ SHE WANTED ME TO STAY AND PLAY ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ SHE TAUGHT ME TO KISS AND PET ♪
♪ THAT'S A GAME I WON'T FORGET ♪
♪ WE STILL PLAY THE SAME GAME YET ♪♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GO AGAIN ♪
♪ OU
BARN ♪
♪ AND DO SOME THINGS THAT I DID THEN ♪♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ YOU MIGHT THINK IT AIN'T NO FUN ♪
♪ TO BE A POOR OLD FARMER'S SON ♪
♪ YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL I'VE DONE ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I GOT MY EDUCATION ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪ I AIN'T A-FOOLIN, NO, SIREE ♪
♪ PASSED EACH EXAMINATION ♪
♪ OUT BEHIND THE BARN ♪
♪♪ AND IT ALMOST MADE A WREK OUT OF ME. ♪
THANK YOU.
MY HERO.