Potato's In The Paddy Wagon chords by The New Main Street Singers

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Verse 1
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Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Gotta get her outta there
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
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Mama says it just ain't fair
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One night mama went to fetch us up
a sweet potato
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Fell down the cellar stairs
Stork dropped in while
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she was on the floor
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So my sister was born down
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there
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Daddy says this ain't will be
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nothin' but a misery
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Never will be worth a damn
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But mama just loved her little
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sweet Potato baby
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With a face like a parboiled yam
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Gotta get her outta there
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
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Mama says it just ain't fair
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Potato grew up to be as pretty as a peach
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In her calico and honey yellow curls
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Went to the apple cider ball at the armory
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With all the other ripe and ready girls
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Sheriff Dan Pike, picked
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Potato for the polka
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But she spurned him with a fiddle de- dee
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And before she could turn around
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and find another partner
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Sheriff took her into custody
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Gotta get her outta there
Come on boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Mama says it just ain't fair
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Mama 'n' daddy put together
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quite a little posse
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Countin' me and Jack and cousin Will
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We all hopped into
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the old Chevy pickup
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And we caught â€~em at the top of the hill
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Daddy took his Remington
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and shot away the lock
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For to set his little darlin' free
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But Potato said,
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â€½Daddy, shut the golden door
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Sheriff wants to marry meâ€
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Guess we better leave her there
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Mama says it's more than fair
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Guess we better leave her there
Let's go boys,
Potato's in the paddy wagon
Mama says it's more than fair
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Mama says it's more than fair
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Mama says it's more than fair