Hillbilly Fever Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Hillbilly Fever
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by George Vaughn
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When you walk up to a jukebox and you
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slip that nickel
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in
You can bet your bottom dollar when that
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record starts to
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spin
You'll hear a
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fiddle and a guitar with a
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honky tonkin'
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sound
It's that hill billy fever that's
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spreadin' all a
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round
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fever's goin' a
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round
Good ole mountain music's got me
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down
It's got me
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robbin' candles throwin' rice and
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slippin'
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around
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fever's got me
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down
When you get that jumpy feelin' and you
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don't know what is
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wrong
Don't you worry 'bout it brother there's a
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brand new mountain
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song
That's got the
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whole dang country rockin' with
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that big apple
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beat
It's that hillbilly breakdown that
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shake's you off you
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feet
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fever's goin' a
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round
Good ole mountain music's got me
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down
I spent a
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Sunday down in Tennessee and
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here's what I
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found
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fever's goin'
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around
When that love bug starts around you and you
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don't know you've been
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stung
Then you go and see a doctor and he
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says poke out your
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tongue
When he
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looks into that canyon tells you
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brother I've got
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news
You're the victim of sweet daddy and you've
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got the lovesick
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blues
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fever's goin'
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around
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I stopped in
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Chattanooga got a shine and
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I heard this
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sound
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fever's goin'
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around
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fever's goin'
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Good ole mountain music's got me
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down
I'm gonna
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one foot two foot slew foot drag and
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then I'll hoe it
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down
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fever's goin'
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around
FAQ
Who sang the the song Hillbilly Fever?
- The song Hillbilly Fever 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.
