Sleepy Eyed John Lyrics

INTRO: F C F
#1.
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#2.
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#3.
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#4.
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#5.
Over the hickory and down the pine..
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO:
F C F..F C F (x2)(Fade.)