[Dixielandjazz] Lyrics for "Oh Mo'nah"

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Hal Vickery wrote:

>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:
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>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.
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>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.
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>Best I can do onshort notice.
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You must be  a lot older than me -- I listened  to it when I was about 
6-7 years old. But then that was my pappy singing it.
Don Ingle