DOWN IN THE ARKANSAS
As recorded by Jimmy Driftwood on "Down in the Arkansas" (1965)

[1] I had a cow that slobbered bad, down in the Arkansas.
I took her to my great-granddad, way down in the Arkansas.
I asked him what to do for it, down in the Arkansas.
Grandpa said: "Teach that cow to spit," way down in the Arkansas.

[CHORUS] Down in the Arkan-, down in the Arkan-, down in the Arkansas,
The sweetest girl I ever saw was down in the Arkansas.

[2] I knew a man and his name was Jack, down in the Arkansas.
He had a hog called a razorback, way down in the Arkansas.
The strangest thing you ever heered, down in the Arkansas:
He used that hog to shave his beard, way down in the Arkansas.

[3] They had a wedding that couldn't be beat, down in the Arkansas.
A boy named Oats and a girl named Wheat, way down in the Arkansas.
The people sang in a major key, down in the Arkansas.
They sang: "What Shall the Harvest Be?" way down in the Arkansas.

[4] When I was just a little lad, down in the Arkansas,
My ma got married to my dad, way down in the Arkansas.
Grandpa got mad and cussed awhile, down in the Arkansas,
Till Grandma said: "It's the latest style," way down in the Arkansas.

[5] I had a gal; her name was Lil, down in the Arkansas.
I hugged that gal all over the hill, way down in the Arkansas.
Her pa ran up and called me son, down in the Arkansas.
He tied the knot with his rifle gun, way down in the Arkansas.

[6] They drink a tea made out of corn, down in the Arkansas.
It makes you a man the day you're born, way down in the Arkansas.
They court the girls when they're knee-high, down in the Arkansas.
Keep on a-courtin' till the day they die, way down in the Arkansas.