AMIE McPHERSON.

Have you ever heard the story of Amie McPherson,
Amie McPherson, that wonderful person?
She weighs one-eighty, her hair is red
And she preached a wicked sermon so the papers all said.

Amie built herself a radio station
To broadcast her preachin' all over the nation.
She found herself a man, who knew enough
To run the radio, while Amie did her stuff.

Amie held a meeting down at Ocean Park.
Preached from early mornin' 'till after dark.
Said the benediction, folded up her tent
And nobody knows where Amie went.

Amie's disappearance was front page news,
And thousands of people started offering clues.
She returned next day, nobody knows how,
With a smile on her face like a contented cow.

Amie told her story to the district attorney.
Said she had been kidnapped on a lonesome journey;
Said she had been kidnapped on a lonesome trail.
And in spite of all the questions, Amie stuck to her tale.

They found a cottage down at Carmel-by the-Sea.
Where the liquor was expensive but the lovin' was free.
In the cottage was a stove and a breakfast nook,
And a folding bed, with a worn-out look.

They examined the stove and the breakfast nook.
They examined the bed with the worn-out look.
Slats were busted - springs were loose,
And the dents in the mattress fitted Amie's caboose.

Radio Ray was a goin' hound -
He's goin' yet cause he aint been found.
They got his description, but they got it too late
'Cause since they last saw him, he has lost a lot of weight.

I'm gonna end my story in the usual way
About the lady preacher's holiday.
If you don't get the moral, then you're the one for me.
'Cause there's lots more cottages down at Carmel-by-the-sea.

1950s. Untitled collection of typed mildly ribald songs with hand
written music found in a binder in a pile of trash dumped on the
side of a road next to the Mississippi River just north of downtown
Saint Louis. pp. 85-86.

No chorus and minor word variations. I can't read music so will
leave it to others to identify the tune used. Help is appreciated.


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