Lyr Req: Roosevelt and Ira Lee

Subject: Lyr Req: Roosevelt and Ira Lee
From: GUEST,Jeep Man
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 11:39 PM

I am looking for the lyrics to "Roosevelt And Ira Lee" by Tony Joe White. By the way, this old boy has some good stuff worth listening to. Jim

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roosevelt and Ira Lee
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 25 Oct 03 - 01:31 PM

Copied from yeah yeah yeah lyrics - a web site that I hadn't encountered before, but it seems to contain a lot of lyrics.

ROOSEVELT AND IRA LEE (NIGHT OF THE MOSSACIN) [sic]
(Tony Joe White)

[SPOKEN]
This is about two cats.
They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps.
They're sittin' down on the logs.
One of them is kind of a big fellow and the other one
Is a little bit smaller and he's got a long-billed cap.
And they're sittin' there ponderin' on what they're gonna do for the night,
And anything the big guy decides on, the little guy's for,
'Cause he digs him. He's cool.
So it's called "Roosevelt and Ira Lee."

[SUNG]
The river was dark and muddy,
And the moon was on the rise,
And all of the creatures in the swampland
Had woke up to feed for the night.
Roosevelt and Ira Lee, huh, were sittin' there on a log.
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said,
"I'd sure like to have a mess of bullfrog."
He said, "Yeah, yeah, Lawd, sure would taste good."

So they slipped on their rubber boots
And walked down to the water's edge,
And right away they knew that the night would be a bummer,
'Cause Ira Lee stepped on a water mossacin. [sic]
He said, "Uh, uh, Lawd, somebody help me."

Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt,
When he quit his screamin' and kickin',
And he said, "Let's forget about the bullfrog legs
And go out and steal us some chickens."
And ol' Roosevelt said like this now:
"Yeah, yeah, ooh, it sure would taste good.
Yes it would. I love a chicken."
Oh, the river was dark and muddy – yeah.

[Recorded by Tony Joe White and by Sleepy LaBeef. Tony Joe White also wrote Polk Salad Annie and A Rainy Night in Georgia.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roosevelt and Ira Lee
From: GUEST,Jeep Man
Date: 25 Oct 03 - 09:59 PM

Thanks, Jim. Jeep