Cottontail (Remaster)-Lambert Hendricks & Ross/Hendricks & Ross

[ti:Cottontail] [ar:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross] [al:The Hottest New Group In Jazz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cottontail (Remaster) - Lambert Hendricks & Ross/Hendricks & Ross [00:00.18]Way back in my childhood [00:02.04]I heard a story so true [00:03.96]'Bout a funny bunny stealin' some boo from a garden [00:06.85]He knew [00:07.80]His mamma got worried [00:09.59]She told the bunny one day [00:11.49]Better watch for the farmer heed what I say or [00:14.00]He'll blow you away [00:15.15]Oh he knew his mamma is right [00:17.25]So why don't he do what she say [00:18.75] [00:19.37]Maybe he just don't dig it [00:20.73]Or maybe a habit or 'cause he's a rabbit [00:22.50]Count the crop better stop [00:23.92]You better stop and hop away [00:26.43]Out of the garden where carrots are dense I found [00:28.98]A hole in the fence [00:30.08]Every mornin' when things are still crawl through the hole [00:32.66]And eat my fill [00:34.03]The other rabbits say I'm taking dares and maybe I'm [00:35.89]Wrong but who cares [00:37.87]I'm a hooked rabbit yeah I got to cure a [00:40.75]Habit [00:40.87]Count the crop yeah everyday I'm tryin' to avoid it [00:42.78]Count the crop what do I do I know that [00:44.30]I enjoy it [00:44.92]Really and true I'm beggin' momma's pardon [00:46.70]All the time I'm headin' for the garden [00:48.85]Wee everything is sweet when the farmer's nappin' [00:51.92]Every little carrot is a stolen delight [00:53.81]And I keep forgetten' that the thing ain't right [00:55.90]So one day when I was deep in the meal [00:57.82]That farmer pulled a big creep and steal [00:59.74]Came at me with a big shot gun and did [01:02.02]I runnn [01:02.87]I hustled really swiftly [01:04.99] [01:05.62]Yeah split from there without a second to spare [01:08.95]I could hear the bullets fly' through the air [01:10.48]Now I knew what mamma told me now I knew [01:12.80]That she would scold me [01:14.20]She knew what I'd soon be feeling [01:16.03]If I didn't stop my stealin' [01:18.09]The farmer he really had sense [01:19.95]He plugged up the hole in the fence [01:21.64]Had me runnin' madly through the garden [01:23.00]Looking for a hole to crawl in [01:25.12]Hey hey [01:26.18] [01:27.31]You pick up what I say [01:28.46] [01:29.31]Hot head rabbit if you keep your habit [01:32.14]Your mamma told ya when you hop that if you [01:34.33]Stop you count the crop [01:35.40] [01:35.99]He gets his beets and guns for you [01:37.43]Because carrots and you make a very fine stew [01:39.48]Son he'll catch you on the run so you gotta [01:41.20]Find a quiet little corner where the farmer never comes [01:43.13]You got plenty patches so you snuggle in between them [01:45.16]Dig what I mean I gotta tell you that'll keep [01:46.59]You eatin [01:46.87]Run ya rabbit run now you had your fun [01:49.64] [01:50.41]Run before you feel the shot gun run on run [01:53.57]Well now while you're in a panic you're forgettin' the [01:55.61]Garden gate all you got to do around is lay [01:57.34]Around and wait [01:57.76]Right now the farmer thinks he gotcha he really is [01:59.63]Itchin' to seal your fate [02:00.87]Don't ya see him by the hole in the fence [02:02.38]You can beat him it's a natural sense [02:04.91]While he's over by the fence a while away keep [02:06.53]On running 'til you're outta that gate [02:08.39]Now the farmer he was pantin to death [02:10.02]He never figured he was out gunnin' [02:11.87]That a while that he was catching his breath [02:13.54]He woulda needed it to out run him [02:15.10]Maybe you remember what you're mom told ya [02:17.07]Maybe take a beating let your pa scold ya [02:18.80]So hit the gate better be ready to wail [02:20.68]And when you do you show the man your tail [02:22.29]Wi woo hurry up before you change your plan [02:23.81]Wi woo better run from the farmer man [02:25.40]Wi woo ooo you best make tracks [02:27.23]Wi woo you dog gone pesky hare [02:28.93]Wi woo head for home bro [02:30.75]Wi woo you got away with showing your tail [02:32.45]Wi woo weee dont' ever roam ready to go home [02:36.23]Now you're goin' home to mommsy and popsy and your [02:38.36]Little brothers flopsie and mopsie [02:39.89]Now you're gonna do what momma intended now you know [02:42.03]Your carrot stealin' has ended [02:43.43]I've heard the old story [02:45.29]One rabbit's foot will bring luck [02:46.94]But they're much more lucky luckier natch if that rabbit's [02:49.93]Attached