My transcription from Spotify:


SEE THAT COON IN A HICKORY TREE
As sung by The Delmore Brothers on "Greatest Hits" and "Hillbilly Boogie Best."

1. I went down to see my girl, walkin' mighty straight.
Thinkin' about her pretty little curls, I forgot to close the gate.

CHORUS: Shoo, fly; don't you fly; don't you bother me.
By the light of the moon I see that coon sittin' in a hickory tree.

2. Bulldog grabbed me by the pants as I walked up the steps.
He made me do a little dance; he surely had the pep.

3. Farmer Brown's got a violin; he fiddles out o' tune.
He likes his moonshine plenty fine but it don't come from the moon.

4. Daddy had an old gray mule; how that mule could kick!
He named him after his mother-in-law and whipped him with a stick.

5. Shootin' dice the other night, I rolled out a three.
The police came, broke up the game; now I wish I was free.


[In this song, there is no reason to think "coon" means anything other than "raccoon," and therefore it shouldn't be treated as an impolite word. Raccoons were once often hunted for fur or meat, and therefore were frequently mentioned in folk songs, like bears, rabbits, possums, etc.]