take an old cold tater and wait chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Verse 1
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When I was a little boy
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Around the table at home
I remember very well
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When company would come
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I would have to be right still
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Until the whole crowd ate
My mama always said to me
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"Jim, take a tater and wait!"
Verse 2
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Now taters never did taste good
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With chicken on the plate
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But I had to eat 'em just the same
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That is why I look so bad
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And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
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An old cold tater and wait!
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Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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And then the preachers,
they would come
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To stay awhile with us
I would have to slip around
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And raise a little fuss
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In fear that I would spill the beans
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Or break a china plate
My mama always said to me
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"Jim, take a tater and wait!"
Verse 4
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Now taters never did taste good
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With chicken on the plate
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But I had to eat 'em just the same
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That is why I look so bad
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And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
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An old cold tater and wait!
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
Well I thought that I'd starve to death
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Before my time would come
All that chicken they would eat
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And just leave me the bone
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The feet and neck were all that's left
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Upon the china plate
It makes you pretty darn weak
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To take an old cold tater and wait!
Verse 6
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Well, taters never did taste good
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With chicken on the plate
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But I had to eat 'em just the same
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That is why I look so bad
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And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
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An old cold tater and wait!
take an old cold tater and wait
Little Jimmy Dickens
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