Wish I Had Stayed In The Wagon Yard

Wish I Had Stayed In The Wagon Yard-Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians
Lowe Stokes, fiddle, Bert Layne, fiddle, Arthur Tanner, vocal and tenor banjo or banjo-mandolin, Claude Davis or Hoke Rice, guitar

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I am a jolly farmer, last night I came to town, to
Bring a bale of cotton, I'd worked the whole year 'round. I
Put my team in the wagon yard and bought me a bottle of gin. I
Went out to see the 'lectric lights and watch the cars come in.

I met a dude out on the street, that clock was striking nine. He
Says, "Come on, old hayseed, take a drink, it's mine." I
Must have bought a dozen drinks, 'cause it hit my pocketbook hard. I
Wish I had bought me a half a pint and stayed in the wagon yard.

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Listen to me, farmers, I'm here to talk with sense. If you
Want to see them 'lectric lights just look right over the fence. Don't
Monkey with them city ducks, you'll find they're slick as lard. Just
Go and get you a half a pint and stay in the wagon yard.

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Says I'm a deacon in a hard shell church, down near Possum Trot. If the
Sisters hears about my spree, it's bound to make them hot. I
Went out on a party, I led the pace that killed. When
I woke up that gang had gone and left me all the bill.

I found them over on the corner, near Sloan Salvation Hall. That
Drunken bunch was out there singing, "Jesus paid it all." They
Put me out in a dry goods box, Lord, my pillow was hard. I
Wish I'd bought me a half a pint and stayed in the wagon yard.

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