Country Boy Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Country Boy
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
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Now I'm just a simple guy
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one thing sure as
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shooting
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hate those folks that
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think that they're
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doggone high
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fluting
I'd
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be the same in Hollywood
Or
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right in my own
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kitchen
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believe in fussing
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when you're mad
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scratching when you're
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itching
I'm a plain old country boy
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corn-bread loving
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country
boy
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I raise cane on
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Saturday
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go to church on
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Sunday
I'm a
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plain old country boy
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corn-bread loving
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country
boy
I'll be l
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ooking over that o
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ld gray mule
When the
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sun comes up on
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Monday
Where I come from opportunities
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They never were too
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good
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We never had much
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money
But we
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done the best we
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could
Ma
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doctored me from youngin-hood
With
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Epsom salts and
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Iodine
Made my
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diapers out of old
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feed
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spenders out of plow
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lines
Repeat #3,4
Every time the preacher called
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Ma always fixed a
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chicken
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If I'd reach for a
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drumstick
I was
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sure to get a
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licking
She
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always saved two parts for me
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I had to shut my
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mouth
T'was the
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gizzard and the
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north
end
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chicken flying
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south
Repeat #3,4
FAQ
Who sang the the song Country Boy?
- The song Country Boy was sang by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Who is Little Jimmy Dickens?
- James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
