[00:00.00]Sleepy Eyed John - Johnny Horton
[00:06.44]Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek
[00:12.89]I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
[00:15.21]I tuned my fiddle and I rubbed my bow
[00:17.64]Play a little tune wherever I go
[00:19.91]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:21.09]You better your britches on
[00:22.31]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:23.14]Better tie your shoe
[00:24.54]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:25.68]You better get your britches on
[00:26.66]And try to get to heaven
[00:27.86]'Fore the Devil gets to you
[00:38.08]Well Sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
[00:40.65]The goose he flopped
[00:41.61]But he couldn't get loose
[00:42.79]Said John to the goose"If you don't be still
[00:45.29]"Miss our supper down in Candyville"
[00:47.69]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:48.79]You better your britches on
[00:50.05]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:51.12]Better tie your shoe
[00:52.41]Sleepy-eyed John
[00:53.51]You better get your britches on
[00:54.47]And try to get to heaven
[00:55.38]'Fore the Devil gets to you
[01:06.07]Well Sleepy-eyed John he leg had a wooden
[01:08.66]The little leg was nothing
[01:09.65]But a little wooden peg
[01:11.03]One shoe off and one shoe on
[01:13.28]He'll do the double shuffle
[01:14.23]'Til the cows come home
[01:15.69]Sleepy-eyed John
[01:16.77]You better your britches on
[01:18.20]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
[01:20.37]Sleepy-eyed John
[01:21.45]You better get your britches on
[01:22.61]And try to get to heaven
[01:23.66]'Fore the Devil gets to you
[01:34.27]Now I got twenty dollars
[01:35.44]For to build a fence
[01:36.81]I took my money and I ain't worked since
[01:39.24]Sold my buggy and I sold my plow
[01:41.58]I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now
[01:43.90]Sleepy-eyed John
[01:45.06]You better your britches on
[01:46.39]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
[01:48.68]Sleepy-eyed John
[01:49.79]You better get your britches on
[01:50.76]And try to get to heaven
[01:51.76]'Fore the Devil gets to you
[02:02.67]Well over the hickory and down the pine
[02:05.14]The raccoon laughed
[02:05.99]And the old hound whined
[02:07.61]John said"Sic 'em" and the raccoon left
[02:09.84]They crossed Green River in a minute and a half
[02:12.23]Sleepy-eyed John
[02:13.38]You better your britches on
[02:14.60]Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
[02:17.04]Sleepy-eyed John
[02:18.22]You better get your britches on
[02:19.35]And try to get to heaven
[02:20.48]'Fore the Devil gets to you