[Dixielandjazz] Lyrics for "Oh Mo'nah"

[Hal Vickery]

First verse:

An old colored preacher was sittin' on a log.
Had his finger on the trigger and his eye on a hog.
Well the gun went boo[m?] and the hog went [vip?  zip?]
And the preacher grabbed 'im with all of his grip.

Now if somebody asked about the lyrics to Jelly Bean (He's a Curbstone
Cutie), I might do better!  (Now the question is, what was I doing listening
to Ted Weems records back in the mid-'60s when I was 15-16 years old?)

Hal Vickery

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No - Oh Moanh was written by bassist Country Wahsburne and goes 
somethinglike this:

Verse:
 Was out behind the Hen House on my knees
When I  thought I heard a chicken sneeze
He sneezed so hard with a whoop and cough
That I thought he'd sneeze his head right off

Chorus:

Oh Monah, you will be free
Oh Monah you will be free
When the Good Lord Set you you Free.

There ar emore verses each followied by the chorus.

It is a take off on old "colored" ( to use an archaic term) religious hymn.
Country was from South Texas, and worked with the elusive Peck Kelly, 
later with Ted Weems and then studio work in CA.

Best I can do onshort notice.

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