Slap ‘Er Down Ag’in, Paw
Arthur Godfrey, 1948.
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Come here, gawl-durn you,
That’s right
Slap ‘er down ag’in,
Paw,
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Make ‘er tell us more, Paw
Tell us where she’s been
We don’t want our neighbors
Talkin’ ‘bout our kin
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Well Paw and Maw
Was so durn sore
They woke me up one night
There was some awful cussin’
And Maw said Paw was right
They was awatin’
sister Bess,
Who never kept ‘er word
The sun came up
As Bess came in
And this is what I heard…
Quote…
Slap ‘er down ag’in,
Paw,
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Make ‘er tell us more, Paw
Tell us where she’s been
We don’t want our neighbors
Talkin’ ‘bout our kin
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Unquote…
Now, pore ‘ol Bess
Got so durn mad
She ran away one day
To meet that travelin’ salesman
With city-slickin’ ways
We ran and stood
Beside the road
With shotguns by our side
Me, and Zeke, and Paw, and Maw
Who yelled as they came by
Why don’t you Slap ‘er down ag’in, Paw?
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Yeah, Make ‘er tell
us more, Paw
Tell us where she’s been
You know that we don’t want our neighbors
Talkin’ ‘bout our kin
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Now Paw and Maw,
They’d planned for Bess
To marry Deacon Brown
And not that travelin’ salesman
Who always came around
They made pore Bessie go to church
Her face was mighty red,
The deacon took one look at her
And this is what he said
Quote…
Slap ‘er down ag’in,
Paw,
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Make ‘er tell us more, Paw
Tell us where she’s been
We don’t want our neighbors
Talkin’ ‘bout our kin
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Unquote…
Well, the moral of the story, girls
Is don’t stay out too late
Unless you take your shoes off
Outside yore Pappy’s gate
If Maw don’t hear you comin’ in
She won’t lay down the law
And you won’t have to worry
‘Cause you won’t see much of Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in,
Paw,
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Make ‘er tell us more, Paw
Tell us where she’s been
We don’t want our neighbors
Talkin’ ‘bout our kin
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Paw
Slap ‘er down ag’in
Take that, and that, and that
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