Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)-"Little" Jimmy Dickens/Dixie Blue Boys

[ti:Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)] [ar:"Little" Jimmy Dickens] [al:Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music, Country & Western Hit Parade 1949] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait) - "Little" Jimmy Dickens/Dixie Blue Boys [00:07.03]When I was A little boy [00:09.39]Around the table at home [00:10.84] [00:11.71]I remember very well [00:13.74]When Company would come [00:15.52] [00:16.07]I would have to be right still [00:18.40]Unil the whole crowd ate [00:20.22] [00:20.76]My mama always said to me [00:23.16]Jim take a tater and wait [00:24.99] [00:26.32]Now taters never did taste good [00:28.82]With chicken on the plate [00:30.32] [00:31.15]But I had to eat 'em just the same [00:33.89] [00:35.31]That is why I look so bad [00:37.48] [00:38.00]And have these puny ways [00:39.66]Cause I always had to [00:41.72]Take an old cold tater and wait [00:43.86] [01:05.46]And then the preachers [01:06.78]They would come [01:07.94]To stay a while with us [01:09.55] [01:10.15]I would have to slip around [01:12.40]And raise a little fuss [01:13.94] [01:14.63]In fear that I would spill the beans [01:17.01] [01:17.54]Or break a china plate [01:18.83] [01:19.36]My mama always said to me [01:22.03]Jim take a tater and wait [01:23.59] [01:25.49]Now taters never did taste good [01:28.02]With chicken on the plate [01:29.54] [01:30.27]But I had to eat 'em just the same [01:33.13] [01:34.40]That is why I look so bad [01:36.95]And have these puny ways [01:38.96]Because I always had to [01:41.18]Take an old cold tater and wait [01:43.23] [02:05.34]Well I thought that [02:06.39]I would starve to death [02:07.61]Before my time would come [02:09.28] [02:10.15]All that chicken they would eat [02:12.25]And just leave me the bun [02:13.98] [02:14.65]The feet and neck were all that was left [02:16.99]Upon the china plate [02:18.31] [02:19.24]It makes ya pretty darn weak [02:20.79]To take an old cold tater and wait [02:23.08] [02:25.10]Well taters never did taste good [02:27.41]With chicken on the plate [02:29.07] [02:29.76]But I had to eat 'em just the same [02:32.82] [02:34.00]That is why I look so bad [02:36.31]And have these puny ways [02:37.55]Because I always had to [02:40.35]Take an old cold tater and wait