Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Wasn't he a big one,
boys?
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Wasn't he a big one, boys,
Say, Raven, you know who that
good old song reminds me of?
No, who?
Good old Grandpa Jones.
That's right,
he used to sing it all the time.
Yes, sir, you know I wish.
Well, I'll declare.
Yes, sir.
Hey, Grandpa.
Oh, what's up?
Come in here.
All right, what'd you say?
Want you to help us sing a song.
All right, what is it?
It goes like this, Grandpa.
Wasn't he a big one boy?
Oh, Darby's Ram.
Yeah, yeah.
Here we go.
Old Darby lived across the creek
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was big as Jonah's whale
Oh, wasn't he a big one, boys?
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Wasn't he a big one, boys?
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Before they cut him down to
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play a rave
that ever fed on hay
He had four feet to walk, sir,
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would cover an acre of land
Wasn't he a big one, boys?
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Wasn't he a big one, boys,
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before they cut him down?
Pick up and a -grab, boy
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All right
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Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum,
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yum -a -dum -a -dum -a -dum -a -dum
Now you sing one, what do you say?
All right, you want me to sing one now?
I've got to go out and get
a nice old cob
I want to whittle down a pint
Okay, all right
Well, the wool that growed
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on that ram's back
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Boy, I heard the young 'uns cry
Wasn't he a big one, boy?
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Wasn't he a big one, boy,
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before they cut him down?
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It sure does sound good.
What do you say, Alvin?
Okay, Grandpa, it goes like this.
All right.
This old Albie had a horn,
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and he never got back to June.
Oh, wasn't he a big one, boy,
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Wasn't he a big one, boys,
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before they cut him down?
Oh, don't tell me!
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Yum, yummy, yummy, yummy,
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yum, yum, yum!
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Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!
Now the butcher man that cut him down
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Was drowned within the flood
Oh, wasn't he a big one, boys?
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Wasn't he a big one, boys?
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Before they cut him down!
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C F
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