ROOM 202
(Adapted by Julian "Greasy" Medlin)

Got a little story I'm gonna tell to you,
All about a room Two Hundred and Two.
Mattress on the bed, hard as nails,
To make you fall asleep, you read a lot of funny tales.

CHO: Room Two Hundred and Two
Walls keep talking to you.
Shall I tell you everything they said?
Put out the lights and go to bed.

Now a lady got a room by the name of Miss McGrath.
She said, "Clerk I want a room and a bath."
"I can give you a room, Miss McGrath,
But my wife, she'd leave me if I give you a bath."

Well I went from my room about a couple o'clock.
I walked to the door but the door was locked.
Looked over the transom and the worst of all,
Another mule kickin' in my stall.

Now a lady had a he-dog and she had a she.
She couldn't tell the he from the she.
Now the way to tell the he from the she the best
Count out the buttons on the little dogs' vest.

Now I got a gal lives out in the sticks.
All she'll make a ford pass two bird stick.
Shimmies on the mantle, shimmies in the pool,
Comes to shakin' shimmy, she's a shimmy-shakin' fool.

Note: These words were transcribed from "Crazy Water Barn Dance" (Rounder 0059) by Snuffy Jenkins and Pappy Sherrill. Room 202 is sung by Julian "Greasy" Medlin. I've tried my durndest to get them right, and I think I did, with the exception of the second line of the last verse. I cannot make sense of what I'm hearing, so what I've used is the best I could come up with. If someone can figure out what Greasy is singing there, please let me know.

GL

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