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Thread #151177   Message #3526227
Posted By: GUEST,Spountik
13-Jun-13 - 11:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: See That Coon in a Hickory Tree (Delmore)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: See That C**n in a Hickory Tree
I just wrote down what's the title of that song on Itunes. Didn't mean to do wrong. English his not my primary language. Sorry if there something i didn't understand with the word coon. For me, it's a abbreviation for raccoon, nothing more. I just missing some lyrics.

I when down to see my girl, walking mighty straight
Thinking about it's pretty little curls i forgot to close the gate
Shoo fly, don't you fly, don't you bother me
By the light of the moon i can see that coon sitting on a hickory tree

... .... i walk up the stairs
He made me do a little dance, he surely have the......
Shoo fly, don't you fly, don't you bother me
By the light of the moon i can see that coon sitting on a hickory tree

Farmer Brown got a violin, i fiddle out of tune
He likes is moonshine plenty fine but it don't come from the moon
Shoo fly, don't you fly, don't you bother me
By the light of the moon i can see that coon sitting on a hickory tree

Daddy had a old gray mule, how that mule could kick
He name him after his mother-in-law and whipped him with a stick
Shoo fly, don't you fly, don't you bother me
By the light of the moon i can see that coon sitting on a hickory tree

Shooting dice the other night i rolled out a three
The police came, broke up the game now i wish.......
Shoo fly, don't you fly, don't you bother me
By the light of the moon i can see that coon sitting on a hickory tree