Daddy and the wine go back three years out of my eight
In the old days we were happy, dad worked hours long and late
And then one day Mom disappeared, and so did Daddy's mind
And now it's me and Daddy, mostly Daddy and the wine
The boy picked up the sack and then he walked out in the street
We put a roll of green in almongst the jelly beans
The clerk was broke and so was I, we gave him our last dime
A stranger stole his mommy, now his daddy's on the wine
Henry, Henry, here is your answer true
I'm not crazy over the likes of you
If YOU can't afford a carriage, forget about the marriage
'Cause I won't be jammed, I won't be crammed
On a bicycle made for two
Sing the words as written the first time through
Then, instead of saying the word 'deep', make a gesture (one hand above the other)
to show depth. The next time, also show 'wide' by speading hands out
to the side for width.
Continue with 'fountian' (make a fountain-like gesture) and 'flowing' (make a rippling gesture with hands moving from
one side to the other at chest level)
The sage in bloom is like perfume
Deep in the heart of Texas
Reminds me of the one I love
Deep in the heart of Texas
The coyotes wail along the trail
Deep in the heart of Texas
The rabbits rush around the brush
Deep in the heart of Texas
The cowboys cry, "Ki-Yip-Pee-Ui"
Deep in the heart of Texas
The doggies bawl, and bawl and bawl
Deep in the heart of Texas
I know it, brother
I know it, brother
I know it, brother
Dese bones gonna rise again!
He thought he'd make a woman too
Dese bones gonna rise again
Didn't know 'xactly what to do
Dese bones gonna rise again
Took a rib from Adam's side
Dese bones gonna rise again
Made Miss Eve for to be his bride
Dese bones gonna rise again
Put 'em in a garden rich and fair
Dese bones gonna rise again
Told 'em they could eat whatever was there
Dese bones gonna rise again
But to one tree they must not go
Dese bones gonna rise again
Must leave the apples there to grow
Dese bones gonna rise again
Serpent, he came 'round the trunk
Dese bones gonna rise again
At miss Eve, his eye he wunk
Dese bones gonna rise again
He said, "Those apples taste mighty fine
Dese bones gonna rise again
Just take one, the Lord won't mind"
Dese bones gonna rise again
De Lord, he came a-wanderin round
Dese bones gonna rise again
Spied dem peelings on de ground
Dese bones gonna rise again
You ate my apples, I believe?
Dese bones gonna rise again
'T wasn't me Lord, I spect twas Eve
Dese bones gonna rise again
The Lord he rose up in his wrath
Dese bones gonna rise again
Told 'em to beat it down the path
Dese bones gonna rise again
He put a angel at the door
Dese bones gonna rise again
Told them not to come no more
Dese bones gonna rise again
Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things I nevered knowed
And cause of me not knowin' I now pine
Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that detour sign
When I got right to the place where it said "About Face"
I thought that all my worries were behind
But the farther I go the more sorrow I know
Should have read that detour sign
When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a thud
I guess my heart strings are made of twine
Had no power to get from the hole that I'm in yet
Should have read that detour sign
Look away beyond the blue
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun
Look away beyond the blue
Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Don't take your guns to town
He laughed and kissed his mom and said your Billy Joe's a man
I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can
But I wouldn't shoot without a cause, I'd gun nobody down
But she cried again as he rode away
He sang a song, as on he rode, his guns hung at his hips
He rode into a cattle town, a smile upon his lips
He stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money down
But his mothers words echoed again:
He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man
A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mother's words
Bill was raged and Billy Joe reached for his guns to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor, the crowd all gathered 'round
And wondered at his final words
Don't this road look rough and rocky
Don't the sea look wide an deep
Don't my darling look the sweetest
When she's in my arms asleep?
Who's gonna kiss you lips my darling
Who's gonna hold you to their breast
Who's gonna love you in the future
As I've loved you in the past?
Don't hear those night birds crying
Far across the deep blue sea
While of others you are thinking
Won't you sometimes think of me?
Don't this road look rough and rocky
Don't the sea look wide an deep
Don't my darling look the sweetest
When she's in my arms asleep?
Actions
slap knees twice, clap hands twice
pass the right hand over the left hand twice
pass the left hand over the right hand twice
touch the nose with the right hand twice, then
touch the left shoulder with the right hand and leave it there
touch the nose with the left hand, then
touch the right shoulder with the left hand and leave it there
tap the shoulders twice
put both hands in the air and snap fingers twice
slap knees twice, clap hands twice
Repeat, faster each time
SUBSTITUTES
A goose drinking apple juice
A goat riding in a boat
A cow with a green eyebrow
Rats wearing silk hats
Beans as big as submarines
Moose with a loose front tooth
With an i tie oogie boogie woogie,
With an i tie oogie boogie woogie,
With an i tie oogie boogie woogie,
That's the way he washes his clothes.
Down in the valley where nobody goes,
There's a great big bumble bee washing her clothes,
With a buzzy-wuzz here, and a buzzy-wuzz there,
That's the way she washes her clothes.
Add on as many different animal sounds as you can (or want)
Do your ears hang low, do they waggle to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them is a bow?
Can you throw them o're your shoulder like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?
Do your ears stick out, can you waggle them about?
Can you flap them up and down as you fly around the town?
Can you shut them up for sure when you hear an awful bore?
Do your ears stick out?
Do your ears stand high, do they reach up to the sky?
Do they hang down when they're wet, do they stand up when they're dry?
Can you semaphore your neighbor with the minimum of labor?
Do your ears stand high?
Dubi du bi du dubi du
Dubi du bi du dubi du
Dubi du bi du dubi du
Dubi du bi du du
Dubi du dubi du
Dubi du dubi du
Dubi du dubi du
Dubi du bi du du
I got on the train and didn't have the fare
The conductor said, "Whatcha doin' there?"
He grabbed me by the collar and shoved me out the door
Said, "I don't want to see you on this line no more!"
Little Willy was home by himself
Found a chocolate cake on the kitchen shelf
Willy said, "If I eat this cake
Sis won't get a belly ache"
Little Willy saw a mill saw buzz
Didn't know quite what it was
Now his arm is full of nicks
And, alas poor Willy, he's cut in six
Little Willy found some dynamite
He didn't understand it quite
But curiosity never pays
It rained Willy several days
Little Willy coming home from school
Spied a half a dollar at the foot of a mule
Stooped down to pick it up, quiet as a mouse
Funeral tomorrow at little Willy's house!
Little birdie in the sky
Dropped some whitewash in my eye
Says I to me; says me to I
"I'm sure glad that cows can't fly!"
There was a boy by the name of Jack
Pitched his tent on a railroad track
Midnight express came around the bend
What kind of flowers did you send?
There once was a doctor, his name was Peck
He fell in a well and he broke his neck
It served him right, for he should've known
To tend to the sick and leave the well alone!
There once was a hunter, his name was O'Hare
He was chased by a grizzly bear
The people all thought he was out of his mind
Running down the street with a bear behind!
There was an old witch by the name of Nan
Who tried to pass as a good humor man
Couldn't fool the kids, they all stayed home -
They would not buy from an ice cream crone
My grandpa had a car, it was a Ford machine
His whiskers came in handy for straining gasoline
My grandma had a habit of chewing in her sleep
She chewed on grandpa's whiskers and dreamed of shredded wheat!
On Mr. Dunderbeck! How could you be so mean?
I told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine
For all the neighbor's dogs and cats will never more be seen
They'll all be ground to sausage meat in Dunderbeck's machine
One day a very little girl came walking in the store
She ordered up some sausage meat and eggs, a half a score
And while she stood a-waiting she whistled up a tune
And the sausage meat it started up and danced around the room
Once day when he was working the machine it would not go
So Dunderbeck, he climbed inside to see what made it so
His wife she had a night-mare and came walking in her sleep
She gave the crank a heck of a yank, and Dunderbeck was meat!