Cottontail (Remastered 2016)-Lambert Hendricks/Ross/Hendricks

[ti:Cottontail] [ar:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross] [al:The Hottest New Group In Jazz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cottontail (Remastered) - ANNIE ROSS [00:00.22]Way back in my childhood [00:02.08]I heard a story so true [00:04.00]'Bout a funny bunny stealin' some boo from a garden [00:06.89]He knew [00:07.84]His mamma got worried [00:09.63]She told the bunny one day [00:11.53]Better watch for the farmer heed what I say or [00:14.04]He'll blow you away [00:15.19]Oh he knew his mamma is right [00:17.29]So why don't he do what she say [00:18.79] [00:19.41]Maybe he just don't dig it [00:20.76]Or maybe a habit or 'cause he's a rabbit [00:22.54]Count the crop better stop [00:23.96]You better stop and hop away [00:26.47]Out of the garden where carrots are dense I found [00:29.02]A hole in the fence [00:30.12]Every mornin' when things are still crawl through the hole [00:32.69]And eat my fill [00:34.07]The other rabbits say I'm taking dares and maybe I'm [00:35.93]Wrong but who cares [00:37.91]I'm a hooked rabbit yeah I got to cure a [00:40.79]Habit [00:40.91]Count the crop yeah everyday I'm tryin' to avoid it [00:42.82]Count the crop what do I do I know that [00:44.34]I enjoy it [00:44.96]Really and true I'm beggin' momma's pardon [00:46.74]All the time I'm headin' for the garden [00:48.89]Wee everything is sweet when the farmer's nappin' [00:51.96]Every little carrot is a stolen delight [00:53.85]And I keep forgetten' that the thing ain't right [00:55.94]So one day when I was deep in the meal [00:57.86]That farmer pulled a big creep and steal [00:59.78]Came at me with a big shot gun and did [01:02.06]I runnn [01:02.91]I hustled really swiftly [01:05.03] [01:05.66]Yeah split from there without a second to spare [01:08.99]I could hear the bullets fly' through the air [01:10.52]Now I knew what mamma told me now I knew [01:12.84]That she would scold me [01:14.24]She knew what I'd soon be feeling [01:16.07]If I didn't stop my stealin' [01:18.13]The farmer he really had sense [01:19.99]He plugged up the hole in the fence [01:21.67]Had me runnin' madly through the garden [01:23.04]Looking for a hole to crawl in [01:25.16]Hey hey [01:26.22] [01:27.35]You pick up what I say [01:28.50] [01:29.35]Hot head rabbit if you keep your habit [01:32.18]Your mamma told ya when you hop that if you [01:34.37]Stop you count the crop [01:35.44] [01:36.03]He gets his beets and guns for you [01:37.47]Because carrots and you make a very fine stew [01:39.52]Son he'll catch you on the run so you gotta [01:41.24]Find a quiet little corner where the farmer never comes [01:43.17]You got plenty patches so you snuggle in between them [01:45.20]Dig what I mean I gotta tell you that'll keep [01:46.63]You eatin [01:46.91]Run ya rabbit run now you had your fun [01:49.68] [01:50.45]Run before you feel the shot gun run on run [01:53.61]Well now while you're in a panic you're forgettin' the [01:55.65]Garden gate all you got to do around is lay [01:57.38]Around and wait [01:57.80]Right now the farmer thinks he gotcha he really is [01:59.66]Itchin' to seal your fate [02:00.91]Don't ya see him by the hole in the fence [02:02.42]You can beat him it's a natural sense [02:04.94]While he's over by the fence a while away keep [02:06.57]On running 'til you're outta that gate [02:08.43]Now the farmer he was pantin to death [02:10.06]He never figured he was out gunnin' [02:11.91]That a while that he was catching his breath [02:13.58]He woulda needed it to out run him [02:15.14]Maybe you remember what you're mom told ya [02:17.11]Maybe take a beating let your pa scold ya [02:18.84]So hit the gate better be ready to wail [02:20.72]And when you do you show the man your tail [02:22.33]Wi woo hurry up before you change your plan [02:23.84]Wi woo better run from the farmer man [02:25.44]Wi woo ooo you best make tracks [02:27.27]Wi woo you dog gone pesky hare [02:28.97]Wi woo head for home bro [02:30.79]Wi woo you got away with showing your tail [02:32.49]Wi woo weee dont' ever roam ready to go home [02:36.27]Now you're goin' home to mommsy and popsy and your [02:38.40]Little brothers flopsie and mopsie [02:39.93]Now you're gonna do what momma intended now you know [02:42.07]Your carrot stealin' has ended [02:43.47]I've heard the old story [02:45.33]One rabbit's foot will bring luck [02:46.98]But they're much more lucky luckier natch if that rabbit's [02:49.97]Attached