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Sleepy-eyed John:Johnny Horton.
#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country
on COLUMBIA Records in 1960.
INTRO: F C F
#1.
F
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
C F
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
C
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
F
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
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we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
C
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
F
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
C F
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
C
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
F C F
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..
C
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
F C F
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO:
F C F..F C F (x2)(Fade.)
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