Sleepy-Eyed John

Well, a way down yonder on the Candy Creek
 I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
 I tuned my fiddle and I rubbed my bow
 Play a little tune wherever I go
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your shoe
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
 Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
 Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
 The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose
 Said John to the goose, "If you don't be still
 Well miss our supper down in Candy ville"
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your shoe
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
 Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
 Well sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg
 The wooden leg was nothing but a little wooden peg
 With one shoe off and one shoe on
 He'll do the double shuffle 'till the cows come home
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your shoe
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
 Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
 Now I got twenty dollars for to build a fence
 I took my money and I ain't worked since
 Sold my buggy and I sold my plow
 I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your shoe
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
 Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
 Well over the hickory and down the pine
 The raccoon left and the old hound whined
 John said, "Sic 'em" and the raccoon left
 They crossed Green River in a minute and a half
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your shoe
 Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
 Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets to you