FAMILY TREE
2013wilkinson/wood
UNCLE BOB'S GOT A SHACK IN THE HILLS
GROWS A LITTLE WEED /AND FIRES UP A STILL
EVERY OTHER WEEK/ MOMMA TAKES THE TRUCK
UP TO UNCLE BOB'S/ AND HE LOADS HER UP
DOWN THE BACK ROADS /FOOT ON THE GAS
MOMMA'S ON MISSION/ HAULING MASH
A BIBLE AND A PISTOL/ ON THE FRONT SEAT
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO SHE MEETS
CHORUS
WHEN I CLIMB UP MY FAMILY TREE
I FIND PREACHERS TO PAROLEES( DETAINEES) ,
I'VE GOT A FAIRLY MESSED UP PEDIGREE
IN MY DOWN HOME, BACK WOODS
UP TO NO GOOD, HILLBILLY FAMILY TREE
AUNT JEAN'S BOILING EVERY JARS SHE'S GOT
SHE'S FILLING EM UP/ WITH THE LAST CROP
NOTHING EVER GROWS /MUCH IN HER `YARD
BUT SHE STILL HOES / TIL SHE GETS TIRED
ALL THE KIN FOLK FOR MILES AROUND
BRING ALL THEIR KIDS AND THEIR COON HOUNDS
A CHICKEN AND A FIDDLE AND A BIG FAT HOG
GONNA EAT AND DANCE, ALL NIGHT LONG
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COUSIN CONNIE'S GOT A NEW SET OF TEETH
SHE'S BACK ON THE COB AND SHE LIKES TO EAT
BILLIE JO SAID GIRL " YOU PUT ON SOME WEIGHT"
SHE LOOKED LIKE A COW LOOKING AT A GATE
NOW I'M GETTING OLD ENOUGH FOR COURTIN
MOMMA DONE GIVE ME ALL HER WARNINGS
SOME BOYS LOOK GOOD ENOUGH FOR HUGGIN
GOTTA LEAVE HERE 'FORE I MARRY A COUSIN
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