Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Family Funeral Fight , by - Ray Stevens. Song from the album Box Set, in the genre КантриRelease date: 27.02.2006
Record label: Curb
Song language: English
Family Funeral Fight |
| Now he was just a little fella |
| Barely five foot three |
| But he caused a great commotion |
| Down in Ducktown, Tennessee |
| Now it was nothing that the old man did |
| Or one word that he said |
| Fact is, the trouble didn’t start |
| 'Til three days after he was dead |
| It was a military funeral |
| With the family gathered round |
| Come to show the old man honor |
| And to ease him in the ground |
| But murmurs spread among the crowd |
| And the mourner’s blood ran cold |
| When up pulled the big squad car |
| Marked Tennessee State Patrol |
| It was the old man’s youngest son |
| Doing 25 to life |
| For burning down his brother’s trailer |
| And running off with his wife |
| The entire family was divided |
| Held together by a shaky truce |
| And then a woman yelled, «I still love you, Earl» |
| And all hell broke lose |
| Brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins |
| Knifin', fistfights by the dozens |
| Yellin', spittin', bitin', hittin' |
| What a sight to see |
| At the Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |
| It started in the afternoon and lasted half the night |
| 10 were stabbed, two were shot, nobody walked or talked quite right |
| After the Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |
| Well, they called out the county Mounties |
| And more highway patrol |
| And after about an hour or two |
| They finally gained control |
| The sheriff said, «This is a disgrace |
| And I’m haulin' all y’all in |
| But not until we brought this service |
| To a decent end» |
| So the Honor Guard stepped forward |
| Fired their rifles in the air |
| An old lady who was snoozin' |
| Jumped and fell out of her chair |
| And as she hit that Astroturf |
| You won’t believe what happened then |
| A boy yelled, «Whoa, they shot grandma» |
| And here we go again |
| Mourners, police, Honor Guard |
| Relatives from near and far |
| Cussin', fussin', bitin', hittin' |
| What a sight to see |
| At the Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |
| It started in the afternoon and lasted half the night |
| 10 were stabbed, two were shot, nobody walked or talked quite right |
| After the Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |
| It was the Ducktown knockdown family funeral feud |
| You can’t believe the mayhem and the chaos that ensued |
| Why, they even shot the sheriff, punched out the preacher’s lights |
| At the Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |
| The Ducktown knockdown family funeral fight |