A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed-"Little" Jimmy Dickens

[ti:A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed] [ar:"Little" Jimmy Dickens] [al:Country & Western Classics Volume 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed - "Little" Jimmy Dickens [00:06.42]Did you ever sleep at the foot of the bed [00:08.93]When the weather was whizzin' cold [00:11.63]When wind was whistlin' around the house [00:14.48]And the moon was yeller as gold [00:17.01]You give your good warm mattress up [00:19.68]To Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Fred [00:22.70]Too many kinfolks on a bad night [00:24.82]So you went to the foot of the bed [00:28.48]I could always wait till the old folks [00:30.95]Ate and eat the leavens with grace [00:33.72]The teacher could keep me after school [00:36.28]I'd still have a smile on my face [00:39.01]I could wear the big boys' wornout clothes [00:41.63]Or let sister have my sled [00:44.34]But it always did get my nanny goat [00:46.72]To sleep at the foot of the bed [00:49.43] [01:11.71]It was fine enough when kinfolks come [01:14.26]And the kid brought brand new games [01:16.81]You could see how fat all the old folks [01:19.30]Was and learn all the babies' names [01:22.21]Had biscuits and custard and chicken pie [01:24.76]We all got Sunday fed [01:27.47]But I know darn well when my time come [01:30.24]I was headed for the foot of the bed [01:33.62]They say some folks don't know what it is [01:36.28]Havin' company all over the place [01:38.87]To rassle for cover on a winter night [01:41.50]With a big foot settin' in your face [01:44.29]Or cold toenails a scratchin' your back [01:46.92]And the footboard scrubbin' your head [01:49.61]I'll tell the world you ain't lost a thing [01:52.16]Never sleepin' at the foot of the bed [01:54.68] [02:17.13]I've done it over and over again [02:19.53]In this land of the brave and the free [02:22.34]And in this all fired battle of life [02:24.97]It's left its mark on me [02:27.53]For I'm always a strugglin' around [02:29.84]At the foot instead of forgin' ahead [02:33.17]And I don't think it's caused from a doggone thing [02:36.03]But sleepin' at the foot of the bed