G                      C    D
Way down yonder in the tall grass
G                                  C    D
Lives a little bitty woman named Sassafras
G                      D          Em          Bm
With a wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
       C            Am             D
And a funny way of putting on the class

They say White Lightning in a jar
Clear as white water and hot as fire
Well I'm telling you boys that may be true
But that glass won't hold Sassafras

    G             D         G
So Tell all the neighborhood boys
    G               C             D
I'm the one that's making all the noise
G                      D          Em          Bm
Cause a little bit of tea took the heart out of me
    C          Am      D G
And that bit of tea was Sassafras

The first time I kissed her in the city park
The Bells started ringin and it got dark
The army and the navy couldn't keep the people down
Cause they thught it was a hydrogen bomb

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The second time I kissed her in the swimmin' hole
The water got hot and don't you know
The steam from the water rose high in the sky
And the old swimmin' hole went dry

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I'm very sorry got to go now
Me and my baby gonna take a vow
Gonna get married and raise a family
Gonna raise 'em on Sassafras Tea

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