Here's the lyric: Ballad of the Maples (Bill Staines)
1. I used to go to country bars Sit and watch them play guitars And I'd order me up six or seven beers How I'd love to hang around Listen to that country sound And a band that played sweet Heaven in my ears Little Ray was on guitar And I'd watch him from the bar Like lightning did his fingers run the strings And the people near dropped dead When he played behind his head Doing crazy licks and lots of other things Oh the world would pick and sing White lightnin' was his thing And he used to tear the place up with that song Backwoods Johnny led the band And there ain't no one could stand When he rolled 'em over with that yodel song yodel Do that yodelin' song yodel Do that yodelin' song 2. Now I've got one thing to say If it's to my dyin' day I'm going to learn to do that yodelin' Take the place down with that tune Let 'em hear me round the moon Have 'em dancin' in the aisles when I sing yodel Do that yodelin' song yodel Do that yodelin' song There, I think I got the words. There may be a mondagreen where I've written "Backwoods Johnny led the band...." I can't quite make out Johnny's nicname. Sounds like Backwoods, but I'm not sure. Jim |