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Thread #12434   Message #97774
Posted By: Gene
21-Jul-99 - 07:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Koo-Liger (Homer & Jethro)
Subject: Lyr Add: PORE OL' KOO-LIGER (Homer & Jethro)
Guess I missed the original post. H&J are long-time favorites of mine.

PORE OL' KOO-LIGER
Recorded by: Homer & Jethro
Parody of: KAW-LIGA written by Hank Williams, Sr. & Fred Rose

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian, didn't know what to do.
He fell in love with an Indian maiden. She was a wood 'un too.
Kaw-Liga (Whoo!)
Loved that Indian maid with all his soul,
But he was low man on the totem pole.

She was the daughter of Sittin' Bull, this wooden Indian dame.
She told old Kaw-Liga Squattin' Heifer was her name.
Kaw-Liga, (Whoo!)
When he tried to hold her many charms,
Kaw-Liga he got splinters in his arms.

CHORUS: Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, finally got a kiss.
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga wished that he had missed.
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-Liga had termites in his head.

Kaw-Liga never milked the cows. He didn't have the pull.
He set a bucket under them and pumped the bucket full.
Kaw-Liga, (Whoo!)
When the cows would hear him, they would wail,
"Here comes old icy fingers with his pail!"

When he sings, Peter Cottontail the rabbit never cheers.
He takes the cotton from his tail and stuffs it in his ears.
Kaw-Liga (Whoo!)
Sprayed his throat to help his voice each day,
But all it does is keep the flies away.

CHORUS 2: Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, he finally got a wife.
She made him shave his whiskers off with his huntin' knife.
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, he ain't around today.
He shaved too close and whittled hisself away.

SOURCE: HOMER & JETHRO - THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
1963 RCA Camden CAS-768(e)