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Thread #24015   Message #270526
Posted By: MMario
02-Aug-00 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dooley (The Dillards)
Subject: Lyr Add: DOOLEY (The Dillards)
The only "Dooley" I can find by the Dillards is almost word for word what is in the DT database.

see?

Dooley - The Dillards - Written by Rodney Dillard - Mitchell Jayne

Dooley was a good 'ole man,
He lived below the mill,
Dooley had two daughters and a forty gallon still.
One gal watched the boiler,
The other watched the spout,
And mama corked bottles when 'ole Dooley fetched 'em out.

Chorus:
Dooley...
Slipping up the holler,
Dooley...
Try to make a dollar,
Dooley...
Give me a swaller and I'll pay you back some day.

Break

The revenuers came for him,
They slipped in through the woods,
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods.
Dooley was a trader,
When into town he took,
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton.

Chorus

I remember very well,
The day 'ole Dooley died,
The women folk looked sorry and the men stood around and cried.
Now Dooley's on the mountain,
He lies there all alone,
They put a jug beside a man, a barrel for his stone.

Chorus