Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sleepy: Eyed John, artist - Johnny Horton. Date of issue: 24.11.2014
Song language: English
Sleepy: Eyed John |
| Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek |
| I whittled out a fiddle from my wagon seat |
| I fiddled my fiddle and I rubbed my bow |
| Play a little tune wherever I go |
| Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on |
| Sleepy-eyed John, better tie your shoe |
| Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on |
| And try to get to heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you |
| Well, 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 my supper down in Candyville.» |
| Well Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg |
| The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg |
| One shoe off and one shoe on |
| He’ll do the double shuffle 'til the cows come home |
| Now I got twenty dollars for to build a fence |
| I took my money and I ain’t worked since |
| Sold my buggy and I sold my plow |
| I wouldn’t take a dollar for my journey now |
| Well over the hickory and down the pine |
| The raccoon laughed and the old hound whined |
| John said «Sic 'em» and the raccoon left |
| They crossed Green River in a minute and a half |