STOCKYARD FIRE
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

Big trouble in the meat-house and it's all about that stockyard fire. (2x)
All of the poor people kicking because meat has gone up so higher.

Let me tell you people what that old stockyard fire will do. (2x)
It will have you eating one, and it will have you skipping two.

That old stockyard fire left people in misery. (2x)
It's got them set and wondering, Lord, what will the end be.

That old stockyard fire sure did raise some sand. (2x)
Lord, it's got so many people eating out of the garbage can.

Now, if these stockyard dealers could read these poor people's minds, (2x)
They would drop meat more lower and avoid worse than troubling times.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. JTD]