Cottontail-Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

[ti:Cottontail] [ar:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross] [al:The Hottest New Group In Jazz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cottontail - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross [00:00.28]Way back in my childhood [00:02.14]I heard a story so true [00:04.06]'Bout a funny bunny stealin' some boo from a garden [00:06.95]He knew [00:07.90]His mamma got worried [00:09.69]She told the bunny one day [00:11.59]Better watch for the farmer heed what I say or [00:14.10]He'll blow you away [00:15.25]Oh he knew his mamma is right [00:17.35]So why don't he do what she say [00:18.85] [00:19.47]Maybe he just don't dig it [00:20.82]Or maybe a habit or 'cause he's a rabbit [00:22.60]Count the crop better stop [00:24.02]You better stop and hop away [00:26.53]Out of the garden where carrots are dense I found [00:29.08]A hole in the fence [00:30.18]Every mornin' when things are still crawl through the hole [00:32.75]And eat my fill [00:34.13]The other rabbits say I'm taking dares and maybe I'm [00:35.99]Wrong but who cares [00:37.97]I'm a hooked rabbit yeah I got to cure a [00:40.85]Habit [00:40.97]Count the crop yeah everyday I'm tryin' to avoid it [00:42.88]Count the crop what do I do I know that [00:44.40]I enjoy it [00:45.02]Really and true I'm beggin' momma's pardon [00:46.80]All the time I'm headin' for the garden [00:48.95]Wee everything is sweet when the farmer's nappin' [00:52.02]Every little carrot is a stolen delight [00:53.91]And I keep forgetten' that the thing ain't right [00:56.00]So one day when I was deep in the meal [00:57.92]That farmer pulled a big creep and steal [00:59.84]Came at me with a big shot gun and did [01:02.12]I runnn [01:02.97]I hustled really swiftly [01:05.09] [01:05.72]Yeah split from there without a second to spare [01:09.05]I could hear the bullets fly' through the air [01:10.58]Now I knew what mamma told me now I knew [01:12.90]That she would scold me [01:14.30]She knew what I'd soon be feeling [01:16.13]If I didn't stop my stealin' [01:18.19]The farmer he really had sense [01:20.05]He plugged up the hole in the fence [01:21.73]Had me runnin' madly through the garden [01:23.10]Looking for a hole to crawl in [01:25.22]Hey hey [01:26.28] [01:27.41]You pick up what I say [01:28.56] [01:29.41]Hot head rabbit if you keep your habit [01:32.24]Your mamma told ya when you hop that if you [01:34.43]Stop you count the crop [01:35.50] [01:36.09]He gets his beets and guns for you [01:37.53]Because carrots and you make a very fine stew [01:39.58]Son he'll catch you on the run so you gotta [01:41.30]Find a quiet little corner where the farmer never comes [01:43.23]You got plenty patches so you snuggle in between them [01:45.26]Dig what I mean I gotta tell you that'll keep [01:46.69]You eatin [01:46.97]Run ya rabbit run now you had your fun [01:49.74] [01:50.51]Run before you feel the shot gun run on run [01:53.67]Well now while you're in a panic you're forgettin' the [01:55.71]Garden gate all you got to do around is lay [01:57.44]Around and wait [01:57.86]Right now the farmer thinks he gotcha he really is [01:59.72]Itchin' to seal your fate [02:00.97]Don't ya see him by the hole in the fence [02:02.48]You can beat him it's a natural sense [02:05.00]While he's over by the fence a while away keep [02:06.63]On running 'til you're outta that gate [02:08.49]Now the farmer he was pantin to death [02:10.12]He never figured he was out gunnin' [02:11.97]That a while that he was catching his breath [02:13.64]He woulda needed it to out run him [02:15.20]Maybe you remember what you're mom told ya [02:17.17]Maybe take a beating let your pa scold ya [02:18.90]So hit the gate better be ready to wail [02:20.78]And when you do you show the man your tail [02:22.39]Wi woo hurry up before you change your plan [02:23.90]Wi woo better run from the farmer man [02:25.50]Wi woo ooo you best make tracks [02:27.33]Wi woo you dog gone pesky hare [02:29.03]Wi woo head for home bro [02:30.85]Wi woo you got away with showing your tail [02:32.55]Wi woo weee dont' ever roam ready to go home [02:36.33]Now you're goin' home to mommsy and popsy and your [02:38.46]Little brothers flopsie and mopsie [02:39.99]Now you're gonna do what momma intended now you know [02:42.13]Your carrot stealin' has ended [02:43.53]I've heard the old story [02:45.39]One rabbit's foot will bring luck [02:47.04]But they're much more lucky luckier natch if that rabbit's [02:50.03]Attached