I Won't Go Hunting With you Jake Song Lyrics and Chords
I Won't Go Hunting With you Jake Song Lyrics and Chords by Jimmy Dean
I Won't Go Hunting With you Jake
Recorded by Jimmy Dean
Written by Stuart Hamblen
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Oh it's springtime in the mountains
And I'm full of mountain
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dew
Can't even read my catalog
Like I used to
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do
I'm a-setting in that little shed
That's right
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back of the
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house
Here's
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comes old Jake with all the hounds
But he's gonna hear me
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shout
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Oh I won't go hunting with you Jake
But I'll go chasing
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women
So put them hounds back in the pens
And quit your silly
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grinning
Well the moon is bright and I'm half tight
My
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life is just be
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ginning
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won't go hunting with you Jake
But I'll go chasing
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women
Let's go down to the meeting house
And wait till they start
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home
Them gals that live on Possum Creek
We'll always leave
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alone
We'll run them down the corn rows
Them
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sassy little
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misses
We'll
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scare them pretty gals to death
We'll stop and throw 'em
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kisses
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Now go wash your face and comb your hair
'Cause it's darn near time to
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start
But let me tell you 'fore you go
There's one that's got my
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heart
Don't chase that gal with the yeller hair
And
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wears a dress of
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green
For
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that little gal belongs to me
I know she's past
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sixteen
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Now I was headed for the general store
When a silly thing I
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seen
They make 'em in the city
It's called a
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magazine
I turned to page thirty-two
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look at what I
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found
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gals wear clothes that we ain't seen
Beneath them gingham
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gowns
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Won't Go Hunting With you Jake?
- The song I Won't Go Hunting With you Jake was sang by Jimmy Dean.
Who is Jimmy Dean?
- Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 - June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials. He is a distant cousin of actor James Dean
He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957. He rose to fame for his 1961 country music crossover hit into rock and roll with "Big Bad John" and his 1963 television series The Jimmy Dean Show, which gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure.
His acting career included appearing in the early seasons in the Daniel Boone TV series as the sidekick of the famous frontiersman played by star Fess Parker. Later he was on the big screen in a supporting role as billionaire Willard Whyte in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
He lived near Richmond, Virginia, and was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, though died before his induction that year at the age of 81.
