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OLD DAN TUCKER Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan Recorded in Memphis, TN Click here to listen to the original recording And he used to ride a big old ram, And he pulled by his mane, And he pulled by his tail, And he spurred him up with his big toenail. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, Come too late to get his supper. Old Miss Tucker was big and fat; Her face was black as my old hat, And her eyes stuck out and her nose stuck in, And her underlip hangs over her chin. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, Comes too late to get his supper. Old Dan Tucker was a mighty man, And he whipped his wife with a frying pan. He combed his hair with a wagon wheel, And he died with a toothache in his heel. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, Come too late to get his supper. Old Dan Tucker, he got drunk, And he fell in the fire and he kicked up a chunk, And a red-hot coal got in his shoe, And oh, my golly, how his shirttail flew. Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker, Come too late to get his supper. (Comment by Mrs. Vaughan: “That’s about all I know. I might know some more, but . . .”) Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #521; Brown, Vol. III, #82. |
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