Sleepy-Eyed John-Johnny Horton

[ti:Sleepy-Eyed John] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:American Originals] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sleepy-Eyed John - Johnny Horton [00:09.78]Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek [00:12.21]I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat [00:14.65]I tuned my fiddle and I rubbed my bow [00:16.97]Play a little tune wherever I go [00:18.72] [00:19.41]Sleepy-eyed John you better your britches on [00:21.60]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe [00:23.78]Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on [00:26.35]And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you [00:28.53] [00:37.60]Well Sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose [00:39.66]The goose he flopped but he couldn't get loose [00:42.15]Said John to the goose "If you don't be still [00:44.41]' Miss our supper down in Candyville " [00:46.16] [00:46.66]Sleepy-eyed John you better your britches on [00:49.22]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe [00:50.97] [00:51.53]Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on [00:53.80]And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you [00:55.86] [01:05.80]Well Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg [01:07.50]The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg [01:10.25]One shoe off and one shoe on [01:12.31]He'll do the double shuffle 'til the cows come home [01:14.00] [01:15.00]Sleepy-eyed John you better your britches on [01:17.06]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe [01:19.25]Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on [01:21.43]And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you [01:23.62] [01:33.36]Now I got twenty dollars for to build a fence [01:35.42]I took my money and I ain't worked since [01:37.86]Sold my buggy and I sold my plow [01:40.23]I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now [01:42.05] [01:42.86]Sleepy-eyed John you better your britches on [01:45.11]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe [01:47.48]Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on [01:49.80]And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you [01:52.05] [02:01.74]Well over the hickory and down the pine [02:03.55]The raccoon laughed and the old hound whined [02:06.17]John said "Sic 'em" and the raccoon left [02:08.24]They crossed Green River in a minute and a half [02:10.74]Sleepy-eyed John you better your britches on [02:13.17]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe [02:15.24]Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on [02:17.37]And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you