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Papa Durnt Raise No Weezl

from Sidetracked by Old John Smokey

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This song is a tribute to my Papa who raised me right and taught me not to lie, cheat, and steal and live an honest life.

This is the raw and uncut studio recording and one of the songs to be featured on the upcoming album, "Train Time Blues".

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Old Hatchet Face Flynn
Was a son of a gun
Meanest damn lawyer
Under the sun
Say he wouldn't leave the court
Until he won
His clients all loved him
Called him number one

But when I was a boy
Daddy told me, son:
Don't be no damn weasel
Try'n sell me no fun

Rainbow Tibbets
Was a business man
Held the whole dang town
In the palm his hand
But when the tax man came
To get his money down
Ol' Tibbets paid fair
Ain't No messn' aroun'

He said, "My pappy used to tell me
When he was around,
Don't be no damn weasel
Always playin' the clown."

Oh Papaaaa!!
Papa didn't raise no weasel

When the good lord painted me
Upon the divine easel
Weren't no whiskers or tail
Cause I ain't no weasel

Nah if ya ax my ex-wife
She'll tell ya a tale
'Bout lyin' and cheatin'
And faults and fails
While she pickin' her teeth
With my coffin nails

But when she said "I do"
Behind that wedding vale
With her hair so soft
And her skin so pale
And her smile so sweet
With her polished nails

I never guess she a weasel
Claws, teeth and tail

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from Sidetracked, track released August 22, 2011

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Old John Smokey Elmira, New York

I'm known as Old John Smokey and people round these parts know me for my spoontastic bonanza of blues music.

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