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Thread #18683   Message #1440669
Posted By: GUEST,Arkie
22-Mar-05 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Baby-O (Jimmie Driftwood)
Subject: Lyr Add: STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LAIG (Jimmie Driftwood)
Here are the lyrics to:

STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LAIG
By Jimmy Driftwood

I was going down the mountain with a load of mountain dew
I fell off the wagon and I broke my laig in two.
They cut if off with a pocketknife and dug down through the snow
They put my laig in crooked and that's why it hurts me so.

When they cut my broken laig off, oh, it almost took my breath
They seared it with a red-hot iron or I'd have bled to death.
They stuffed my laig in crooked in that grave beneath the snow
It hurts me every time I try to wiggle my big toe.

If you'll go down in the holler, Gal, and straighten out my laig
I'll hold you tight and dance all night on my old wooden paig.
We will live a life of gladness like we did in days of yore
For when you straighten out my laig it won't hurt anymore.

Chorus:
Straighten out my laig, straighten out my laig
Take me down in the holler, Molly
And straighten out my laig.
Straighten out my laig, straighten out my laig
Take me down in the holler, Molly
And straighten out my laig.