A transcription from Art Thieme's 'The older I get the better I was' CD. Don't praise me for the work, a native speaker did it for me. Thank you, Scott.

Wolfgang

BYE AND BYE

x1: Oh the time of the year that I like the best,
The time when the mule walks round the press,
Gals put on their gingham dress,
Bye and bye.

x2: The leaves are red and the ground is cold,
Sap's gonna rise so I've been told,
We don't care if the frost is coming,
Bye and bye.

Down the road came an old tar heel,
on his back a sack of meal,
by his side an old hound dog,
Bye and bye.

Well he traded the meal and the hound dog too
for a kiss from the gal that's dressed in blue,
prettiest gal he's ever seen,
Bye and bye.

x1 x2

Well folks come from here and there,
Folks come from everywhere,
the old mule keeps going around,
Bye and bye.

Well they come for to dance, come for to sing,
Come for to make the rafters ring,
Come for the cane and they come for the sorghum,
bye and bye.

x1 x2

Well folks come from all around
Wagon tracks tearing up the ground
Come for the cane and they come for the spark
Bye and bye.

So we built a fire 'neath the old iron pot
Cook up the cane 'til it's boiling hot
In the dark we'll steal a kiss
Bye and bye.

x1 x2
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