I believe that Mike Snider, of Gleason, Tennessee - and star of Nashville Now, HEE HAW & The Grand Ole Opry was the first to popularize that little ditty ... Mike is an accomplished musician on the Banjo, Fiddle and Mandolin...and leader of a Great String
Band...and is also a TEE-Riffic story teller....some of his other classics are listed below..

01.   CHICKEN NECKS AND WINGS
02.   WAITING ON ED MAHAN
03.   SATELLITE T.V. BLUES
04.   IF MY NOSE WAS RUNNING MONEY
05.   PUTTING ON THE DOG
06.   BORN TO SHOP
07.   SNUFF DIPPER
08.   DOMMINECKER CHICKEN
09.   NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
10.   THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS