A-Sleepin' At the Foot of the Bed-"Little" Jimmy Dickens

[ti:A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed] [ar:"Little" Jimmy Dickens] [al:The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A-Sleepin' At the Foot of the Bed - "Little" Jimmy Dickens [00:06.73]Did you ever sleep [00:07.73]At the foot of the bed [00:09.29]When the weather [00:09.97]Was a whizzin' cold [00:11.79]When the wind [00:12.48]Was a whistlin' round [00:13.73]The house and the moon [00:15.85]Was yeller as gold [00:17.23]You give your good warm mattress [00:19.41]Up to aunt Lizzie and uncle Fred [00:22.66]Too many kinfolks on a bad night [00:25.22]So you went to the foot of the bed [00:28.71]I could always wait till the old folks [00:30.83]Et an eat the leavin's with grace [00:33.95]The teacher could [00:34.83]Keep me after school [00:36.51]I'd still have a smile on my face [00:39.19]I could wear the big boys [00:40.75]Worn out clothes [00:42.00]And let sister have my sled [00:44.44]But I'd always did get my nanny goat [00:47.18]To sleep at the foot of the bed [01:12.08]Was fine enough [01:13.01]When the kinfolks come [01:14.70]And the kids brought [01:15.88]Brand new games [01:17.07]You could see [01:17.82]How fat all the old folks [01:19.51]Was and learn [01:20.44]All the babies names [01:22.37]Had biscuits and custard [01:24.06]And chicken pie [01:25.18]We all got Sunday fed [01:27.74]But I'd know darn well [01:29.11]When nighttime come [01:30.48]I was heading [01:31.43]For the foot of the bed [01:34.04]They say some folks don't know [01:35.85]What it is having company [01:37.17]All over the place [01:39.03]To wrestle for cover [01:40.66]On a winter night [01:41.91]With a big foot sitting [01:43.28]In your face [01:44.65]Or a cold toenail [01:46.08]Just a scratching your back [01:47.46]And the foot boards [01:48.58]Scrubbin' your head [01:50.02]I'll tell the world [01:51.08]You ain't lost a thing [01:52.64]Never a sleepin' [01:53.51]At the foot of the bed [02:17.77]I've done it over and over again [02:20.02]In this land of the brave [02:21.39]And the free [02:22.83]And in this awful battle of life [02:25.45]It's left it's mark on me [02:28.01]For I'm always a struggling around [02:30.06]At the foot instead [02:31.31]Of forging ahead [02:33.43]And I don't think [02:34.55]It's caused from a dog [02:35.81]Gone thing but a sleepin' [02:37.11]At the foot of the bed