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Thread #96121 Message #2119617
Posted By: SouthernCelt
05-Aug-07 - 09:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: The Big One (Confederate Railroad)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BIG ONE (Jon Ims / Pam Matthews)
The song is called "The Big One" and is by Confederate Railroad. Here are the lyrics as I found them on the internet some time ago:
It was a hot Sunday mornin', the middle of July. The choir was a-singin' about the sweet by-and-by, And ever'body was a-swayin', sweatin' in the heat. We all bowed our heads down as the preacher took his seat. My sister and my brother stood next to my mother In the quiet at the close of the verse, And that's when daddy cut the big one At the Horn Lake Mississippi Missionary Baptist Church.
My sister rolled her eyes back. My brother bit his lip. My cousin just behind us whispered, "Hey, who let it rip?" I stuck my face in my shirtsleeve. I stared down at my shoes. Lord, you could hear a pin drop as we stood there in the pew. Heads were a-turnin'. Eyes were a-burnin'. Momma stuck her nose in her purse After daddy cut the big one At the Horn Lake Mississippi Missionary Baptist Church.
He cut the big one. it was a stinker. Then he broke the silence with a snicker. And us kids started laughin' 'til I thought we was all gonna burst After daddy cut the big one At the Horn Lake Mississippi Missionary Baptist Church.
He said, "The devil made me do it." Momma said it was the liverwurst. That's why daddy cut the big one At the Horn Lake Mississippi Missionary Baptist Church.