GUEST,N.O. Oldies quoted from this song on 03-Jan-2009. It can be heard on YouTube.


THE JOKE
As recorded by Reggie Hall, 1962.

Here's a story I'm gonna tell,
And it's a joke that I know real well:

They say that Wyatt Earp rode a horse,
But that's not so; he drove a car.
They say that big Cheyenne shot up the land,
But he really was a real estate man.

They say that Rudolph Valentino was a lover,
But that's not so; it was his brother;
Sayin' Jesse James had a gang,
But he really had a ragtime band.

They say that ol' Bat Masterson carried a cane,
But that's not so; he drove a plane.
They say that big Cheyenne shot up the land,
But he really was a real estate man.

They say that ol' big Paladin have gun will travel,
But that's not so; he shoveled gravel;
Sayin' Jesse James had a gang,
But he really had a ragtime band.

They say that Perry Mason won all his cases,
But that's not so; he sold shoe laces.
They say that big Cheyenne shot up the land,
But he really was a real estate man.

They say that Robin Hood lived in the forest,
But that's not so; he was a lawyer;
Sayin' Jesse James had a gang,
But he really had a ragtime band.