Sleepy Eyed John

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, a way down yonder on the Candy Creek I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat I tune up the fiddle and I rosin that bow And I play a little tune wherever I go [Chorus] Sleepy Eyed John, better get your 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 [Verse 2] Well, Sleepy Eyed John had one wooden leg Wasn't nothing but a little wooden peg With one shoe off and one shoe on He'd do the double shuffle 'til the cows come home [Chorus] Sleepy Eyed John, better get your 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 [Verse 3] Well, over in the hickory and down in the pine The raccoon laughs and the hound dog whines The hound dog whines and the raccoon laughs And they cross that river in a minute and a half [Chorus] Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Sleepy Eyed John, better tie your shoe Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you [Verse 4] Hey, Sleepy Eyed John went and stole a goose That goose, it flopped, but it couldn't get loose Said John to the goose, "Well, you better be still I'm gonna miss my supper in Candyville" [Chorus] Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Sleepy Eyed John, better tie your shoe Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Sleepy Eyed John, better tie your shoe Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Sleepy Eyed John, better tie your shoe Sleepy Eyed John, better get your britches on Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you