FLUNKY JIM
(Dan Ferguson)

1. I am the flunky of the house, they call me Flunky Jim
You'll find me knocking around the yard in my hat without a brim
My overalls are shabby and I have no shirt at all
But I'm going to get a new outfit with my gopher tails next fall.

cho: Oh, knocking around the yard, boys, knocking around the yard,
It isn't such an easy job, don't fool yourself, old pard
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2. At night when Pa comes from the fields, he calls for Flunky Jim
He pats me on my curly head and my hat without a brim.
He's apt to say, "Oh, Flunky Jim, your clothes are far too small."
But I'm going to get a new outfit with my gopher tails next fall.

3. I counted all my gopher tails, I almost have enough
To buy a hat, a fancy shirt, and pants that have a cuff.
And then I'll hand my old ones down - they really are too small.
Oh, I'll look [be] swell when once I sell my gopher tails next fall.

by Dan Ferguson (1875- ) of Saskatoon, sung by his grandson,
Mel Bowker, to Barbara Cass-Beggs, "Folksongs of
Saskatchewan", Folkways 1963.
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