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Thread #157861 Message #3728510
Posted By: cnd
06-Aug-15 - 12:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Walk, Tom Wilson, Walk (Uncle Dave Macon)
Subject: Lyr Req: Walk, Tom Wilson, Walk
There's a video for it here, but I for the life of me can barely make heads or tales of what he's saying. Here's my best stab at it.
Bring up my ?marbles?, get back to ?chores?
But don't knock that ?middle?, I'm gonna tell you so
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
Well I just got back from ol' New York, where I never has been before
Ain't got me's much money as had when I left, but I know a whole lot more
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
I thought when I left home I's a man of some renown
But in ol' New York I was on the boat just ?roo? from a one-horse town
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
And gee, wizz what they done for me,
Lingers in my mem'ry from the early mornin' 'til the sun goes down
Got done pulled all around, cut more cables than a circus clown
Just a durned ol' ?roo? from a-one horse down
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
I'd writ some letters on the train that I wanted to mail back home
Tell the folks just what I'd seed and just how far I'd come
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
I saw a box all painted red and I dropped my letters in
Fire engines come from all around and a bell begin to ring
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
And gee, wizz what they done for me, squirted water all over me
I grabbed a feller and I said to him,
"Pull me out, for I can't swim"
The crowd all shouted "Let 'im drown
's just a durned old fool from a one-horse town"
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom
Walk, Tom Wilson, walk ?out the noon?
Sweep that kitchen with a brand new broom