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Jim Dixon Lyr ADD: (She had a habit) Giving Everything Away (25) Lyr Add: SHE'S SELLIN' WHAT SHE USED TO GIVE AWAY 08 Feb 17


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SHE'S SELLIN' WHAT SHE USED TO GIVE AWAY
As recorded by Buddy Jones, 1938.

Well, a red-headed gal lived down on the farm.
She messed around but didn't mean no harm.
She worked in the fields but didn't make no dough.
She still held on to her hi-de-ho,
And now she's sellin' what she used to give away.

She went to the city with a dollar or two,
Soon found out that jobs were few.
Her money gave out and her spirit went low,
But she still held on to her hi-de-ho,
And now she's sellin' what she used to give away.

Well, things got better; then she wanted some more.
She opened up a honky-tonk right next door.
Whiskey went up and beer went low,
But she still held on to her hi-de-ho,
And now she's sellin' what she used to give away.

She started makin' money sellin' gin an' ale.
The place was raided and she went to jail.
She got out and was ready to go,
Hangin' right on to her hi-de-ho,
And now she's sellin' what she used to give away.
I mean, she's sellin' what she used to give away.

[Bill Tutt recorded nearly the same lyrics in 1952, with the following additional verse:

Now she's back on the farm for many a year.
No more honky-tonks, no more beer.
Got two kids and she's down in the back.
Looks like a boy left her holdin' the sack.
Now she's sellin' what she used to give away.

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