The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31431   Message #3237535
Posted By: GUEST
11-Oct-11 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Quiet Whiskey (Wynonie Harris)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Quiet Whiskey / Whiskey on the Shelf
Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf,
You were so quiet there all by yourself.
Things were fine til they took you down
opened you up and passed you around.

Well John was the first one to take you down.
Had a little drink and he started to clown.
He Passed you to Hazel, Jane, and Jack.
Penelope got you she passed you right back.
The doorbell rang and what did you see?
but in walked Henrys friend Marie.
They hit you high and they hit you low,
They hit you fast and they hit you slow. .

Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf,
You were so quiet there all by yourself.
Things were fine til they took you down
opened you up and passed you around.

Well they killed you dead and they wanted another.
reached on the shelf and they got your brother.
It's a shame the way they did you in,
Then reached up and got your brother Gin.
Grandfather Wine began to tremble with fright.
Thinking that the party would last all night.
Grandfather Wine knew without a doubt
He was the next in line if the juice ran out.

Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf,
You were so quiet there all by yourself.
Things were fine til they took you down
opened you up and passed you around

Now look at everybody, they got real tight.
All they wanna do is just start a fight.
John never did nothing wrong in his life.
but he's over in the corner with the policeman's wife.
Frank got so so drunk he can hardly see,
Trying to make love to Penelope.
She took a bottle and hit him in the jaw.
And that's when the neighbors called the law.

Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf,
You were so quiet there all by yourself.
Things were fine til they took you down
opened you up and passed you around

Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf,
You were so quiet there all by yourself.
Things were fine til they took you down
opened you up and passed you around