Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) (Album Version)-Tony Joe White

[ti:Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin)] [ar:Tony Joe White] [al:The Best Of Tony Joe White Featuring "Polk Salad Annie"] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) (Album Version) - Tony Joe White [00:00.80]This is about two cats [00:02.46] [00:03.22]They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps [00:06.49]They're sittin' down on the logs [00:08.29]One of them is kind of a big fellow [00:10.14]And the other one is a little bit smaller [00:12.12]And he's got a long billed cap [00:13.56] [00:14.26]And they're sittin' there ponderin' [00:15.44]On what they're gonna do for the night [00:16.98] [00:17.64]And anything the big guy decides [00:19.04] [00:20.17]On the little guy's for [00:21.30]'Cause he digs him he's cool [00:23.26]So it's called Roosevelt and Ira Lee [00:27.36] [00:34.54]The river was dark and muddy [00:36.53] [00:37.72]And the moon was on the rise [00:39.77] [00:41.61]And all of the creatures in the swampland [00:44.59] [00:45.38]Had woke up to feed for the night [00:47.91] [00:49.36]Roosevelt and Ira Lee huh [00:52.30] [00:52.88]Were sittin' there on a log [00:55.16] [00:56.85]Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said [01:00.61]I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog [01:03.89]He said yeah yeah lawd [01:11.03]Sure would taste good [01:12.25] [01:19.04]So they slipped on their rubber boots [01:21.62] [01:23.13]And walked down to the water's edge [01:25.42] [01:26.54]And right away they knew [01:28.57]That the night would be a bummer [01:30.36] [01:30.87]'Cause Ira Lee stepped [01:32.19]On a water mossacin [01:33.34] [01:33.99]He said uh uh lawd [01:41.19]Somebody help me [01:42.66] [02:09.06]Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt [02:12.32]When he quit his screamin' and kickin' [02:14.89] [02:16.14]And he said let's forget about the bullfrog legs [02:19.29] [02:19.99]And go out and steal us some chickens [02:22.72]And Ol' Roosevelt said like this now [02:24.55]Yeah yeah ooh it sure would taste good [02:32.02] [02:32.91]Yes it would I love a chicken [02:35.55] [02:38.80]Oh the river was dark and muddy yeah [02:54.81] [03:00.01]Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) - Tony Joe White