Sleepy-eyed John



Well I went down yonder on Caney Creek
Whittled out a fiddle for my wagon seat
Tuned my fiddle, rosined my bow
Played a little tune where ever I go


	Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on
	Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
	Sleepy-eyed John you better get your britches on
	Sleepy-eyed John try to get to Heaven before the devil gets you


Sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
The goose he flopped but he couldn't get loose
Said John to the goose if you don't be still
We'll miss our supper down at Caney Hill


Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg
The leg wasn't nothing but a little wooden peg
One shoe off and one shoe on
He could do the double shuffle til' the cows come home


	* Refrain


Well I got twenty dollars for to build a fence
Took my money and I ain't worked since
Sold my donkey and I sold my plow
And I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now


	* Refrain



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