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Old Man Duff Song Lyrics and Chords by Tex Morton
Old Man Duff
Written and Recorded by Tex Morton
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Old man Duff was doggone tough
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why they called him dyna
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mite
On the mattress filled with broken glass he
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rested well each
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night
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combed his hair with a
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garden rake and ate his vitals
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raw
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picked his teeth with a horse shoe nail
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shaved his beard with a
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saw
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Old man Duff was
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very rough and tough as a man could
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be
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ate wire nails and the
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bones of whales and drank
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gasoline for
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tea
Old man Duff had thirteen sons but he
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beat them all to
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death
He choked all the cops so dog-gone they
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died from the lack
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breath
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sheriff went up to
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arrest old Duff but he made a big
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mistake
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Duff picked him up by the seat of the pants
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threw him out in the
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lake
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Old man Duff was
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very rough and tough as a man could
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be
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big floppy ears as
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long as a steers
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down to his
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knees
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loo-e-do o-lee-loo lee-do-lee-do
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lee-do
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ol-lee-tee
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tee
Old man Duff had a daughter fair but she
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died a poor old
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maid
Many a man would've courted her but
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they were all
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afraid
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Duff once found a
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fella with her why they heard him rave and
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shout
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shoved his fist down the poor man's throat and
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turned him inside
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out
Old man Duff lived a thousand years then he
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died and went
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below
When old satan looked at him he
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smiled and said
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hello
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that fire was
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mighty hot when the put old Duff in
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there
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he laid right down and he went to sleep and
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never singed a
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hair
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Old man Duff was very rough and
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tough as a man could
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be
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hair on his chest and he
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wore no vest
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chimpan
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zee
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o-lee-ol-lee-
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tee
FAQ
Who sang the the song Old Man Duff?
- The song Old Man Duff was sang by Tex Morton.
Who is Tex Morton?
- Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton 30 August 1916 - 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music, vaudevillian, actor, television host and circus performer