Lyr Add: Old Slew Foot

Subject: Slewfoot
From: Vixen
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 02:14 PM

D'Cats--

Here's another one of my innumerable requests for help...I heard a song at a song circle awhile ago, called (spelling various) Slewfoot. One of the lines of the chorus is "he looks a lot like me." The subject of the song is a bear (I think) who has prodigious strength, agility, and wit. Or something like that, anyway. I searched the forum and the DT for sl*foot, since I don't know how to spell it, but the searches came up empty. Any ideas?

TIA

V

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Slewfoot
From: Gene
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 04:21 PM

OLE SLEW FOOT - *CLICK HERE*

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Ole Slewfoot
Writer: Howard Hausey

[A] High on the mountain, tell me what you see
Bear tracks, bear tracks [D] lookin' back at [A] me
Better get your rifle boys, 'fore it's too late
'Cause a bear's got a little pig and [D] headed thru the [A] gate.

CHORUS He's [E] big around the middle and he's [A] broad across the rump
Runnin' [E] ninety miles an hour takin' [A] thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been tree'd
Some folks say he looks a [D] lot like [A] me.

I saved up my mon' and I bought me some bees
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees
Cut down the tree but my honey's all gone
Ole Slew-Foot's done made himself at home.
CHORUS

Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below
And the river's froze over so where can he go
We'll chase him up the gulley then we'll run him in the well
We'll shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.
CHORUS

Read more at http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/b/br5_49/ole_slewfoot#4CWvgFztghc8EAH1.99

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Slewfoot
From: Vixen
Date: 31 Aug 99 - 04:44 PM

Muchas Gracias!!! V

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: OLD SLEW FOOT
From: Mbo
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 10:05 PM

I couldn't find this favorite of mine in the DT, so here you go:

OLD SLEW FOOT

High on a mountain, tell me what do you see?
Bear tracks, bear tracks, looking back at me,
Better get your rifles before it's too late,
The bear's got a little pig and headed for the gate.
CHORUS:

He's big around the middle and broad around the rump,
Running ninety miles an hour, taking thirty feet a jump,
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
And some folks say he looks a lot like me.

Saved up my money and bought me some bees,
Started making honey way up in the trees,
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone,
Old Slew Foot has done made himself at home.

CHORUS

Winter's coming on and hits forty below,
River's froze overm so where can he go?
I'll chase him up the gulley and run him in the well,
Shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.

CHORUS




And here's the tune:
X:1
T:Old Slew Foot
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:100
K:A
"A" e2 ec|fe cc|cB AB|c4|c2 cB|AF E2|"D" FA AB|"A" A4|
ee ec|fe2 c|cB AB|c3 c|c2 cB|AF EE|"D" FA AB|"A" A3 A|
"E" B>B BB|BB AB|"A" c>c cB|A2 GA|"E" B>B BB|BB AB|
"A" cc cB|A3 e|e2 ec|fe cc|cB AB|c3 c|c2 cB|AF EE|
"D" FA "E" AB|"A" A4|

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Old Slew Foot
From: _gargoyle
Date: 12 Dec 99 - 10:22 PM

THANX....

Heard this particular song another lifetime ago....second hand from a non-singer....that worked for a Christian Outdoor Adventure Program

At the same time (approx) 1980 heard a "Christian rendering" of encounters with Satan, in a "personal walk with Christ" to the tune/lyrics of:

"The Gambler" ie. "Know when to hold em, Know when to fold em, Know when to walk away, and Know when to run."

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Old Slew Foot
From: Vixen
Date: 13 Dec 99 - 08:56 AM

YAY!!!

Mbo--Thanks so much!!! I posted a request for these lyrics ages ago!

V