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Words & Music: Rattlesnake Annie
Jimmie Rodgers
He left sweet Mississippi on that Southern railroad train
Just a hobo with a guitar and a heart full of songs to sing
They called him Jimmie Rodgers now everybody knows his name
He sang peach pickin’ time in Georgia, T for Tennessee
And all around the water tank, he waited to hop a train
They called him Jimmie Rodgers now everybody knows his name
Yoo da lee dee oh, yoo daa lee dee hee
I hear him calling’ me
Yoo da lee dee oh, yoo daa lee dee hee
Back home to old Mississippi
He hitched a ride to Bristol to sing for the record man
They put him on the radio yodeling blues all over this land
They called him Jimmie Rodgers now everybody knows his name
Tho he was just a young man, his health began to fail
From to many nights in the cold cold rain and too long ridin’ the rails
He laid it down in New York City, he couldn’t whoop that old TB
Publisher: ©1981 Ann McGowan Music Inc. BMI (International Copyright Secured)
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