Roosevelt And Ira Lee-Tony Joe White

[ti:Roosevelt And Ira Lee] [ar:Tony Joe White] [al:Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Roosevelt And Ira Lee - Tony Joe White [00:02.68]This is about two cats [00:03.59] [00:05.14]They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps [00:08.40]They're sittin' down on the logs [00:10.07]One of them is kind of a big fellow [00:11.27]And the other one is a little bit smaller [00:13.16]And he's got a long billed cap [00:14.74] [00:16.23]And they're sittin' there ponderin' [00:17.12]On what they're gonna do for the night [00:18.71] [00:19.54]And anything the big guy decides [00:20.62] [00:22.24]On the little guy's for [00:23.39]'Cause he digs him he's cool [00:24.47] [00:25.38]So it's called roosevelt and ira lee [00:28.10] [00:36.30]The river was dark and muddy [00:38.32] [00:39.77]And the moon was on the rise [00:41.56] [00:43.66]And all of the creatures in the swampland [00:46.03] [00:47.44]Had woke up to feed for the night [00:49.56] [00:51.34]Roosevelt and ira lee huh were sittin' there on a log [00:56.68] [00:58.90]Ira lee turned to roosevelt and said [01:02.54]I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog [01:04.99] [01:05.75]He said yeah yeah lawd sure would taste good [01:14.02] [01:20.87]So they slipped on their rubber boots [01:22.76] [01:25.00]And walked down to the water's edge [01:27.11] [01:28.31]And right away they knew [01:29.70] [01:30.32]That the night would be a bummer [01:32.49]'Cause ira lee stepped [01:33.80] [01:34.45]On a water mossacin [01:35.86]He said uh uh lawd [01:42.53] [01:43.04]Somebody help me [01:44.53] [02:10.88]Ira lee turned to roosevelt [02:13.01] [02:14.18]When he quit his screamin' and kickin' [02:16.54] [02:17.89]And he said let's forget about the bullfrog legs [02:20.92] [02:21.52]And go out and steal us some chickens [02:24.45]And ol' roosevelt said like this now [02:26.14]Yeah yeah ooh it sure would taste good [02:33.61] [02:34.43]Yes it would i love a chicken [02:37.35] [02:40.47]Oh the river was dark and muddy