Anticipation Blues-Tennessee Ernie Ford

[ti:Anticipation Blues] [ar:Tennessee Ernie Ford] [al:The All Time Greatest Country Artists-Tennessee Ernie Ford-Vol. 20] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Anticipation Blues - Tennessee Ernie Ford [00:06.41]She just got home from the doctor's [00:09.36]I just got home from the mill [00:11.76] [00:12.33]She looked a little peaked [00:13.97]Her eyes were kind-a streaked [00:15.46]I couldn't figure out what made her ill [00:17.99] [00:18.54]She looked a little weepish [00:20.39]Smiled kinda sheepish [00:21.99]The answer hit me like a hickory mall [00:24.58]I throwed my dinner bucket down [00:26.36]Yelled like my trailin' hound [00:27.94]I was gonna be a daddy after all [00:30.94]Now the waitin' [00:32.76]Anticipatin' [00:34.43]Rock-a-bye [00:36.06]I'm gonna be a daddy now [00:40.93] [00:47.05]Well the weeks went by kinda sweetly [00:50.30]Then all at once [00:51.29]I thought she'd lost her mind [00:53.39]She would rant she would rave [00:54.99]For the things she would crave [00:56.57]Like ice cream and sauerkraut combined [00:58.62] [00:59.79]She wanted watermelon it was wintertime [01:03.27]Dill pickles set around the house in jars [01:05.92]My how she'd eat that stuff [01:07.59]She never seemed to get enough [01:09.02]And at 3am she'd want candy bars [01:12.16]Now the waitin' [01:13.85]Anticipatin' [01:15.42]Rock-a-bye [01:17.16]I'm gonna be a daddy now [01:21.66] [01:28.08]Well at last the time was drawin' near [01:31.58]I began to walk and pace and sweat [01:33.97] [01:34.72]The doctor said: now son [01:35.97]I know this ain't no fun [01:37.33]But we ain't never lost a Daddy yet [01:39.68] [01:40.52]I stood up and set down [01:41.89]I even though of leavin' town [01:43.72]The doctor and nurse came out all grins [01:46.82]They said: buck up my boy [01:48.40]You should shout with joy [01:49.85]You're the daddy of a pair of bouncin' twins [01:52.59]No more waitin anticipatin' rock-a-bye [01:57.89]I'm a daddy now