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1725 Don Reno & Red Smiley - Barefoot Nellie
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Don Reno
Don Reno
Performer
Red Smiley
Red Smiley
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don Reno
Don Reno
Songwriter
Jim Davis
Jim Davis
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Redheaded pecker was a-sittin' on a limb
Ma said chicken, but Nellie got hen
Wrung his neck and picked him clean
Funniest chicken I ever seen
[Verse 2]
Hey, barefoot Nellie
Oh, barefoot Nellie
Hey, barefoot Nellie
You're the one for me
[Verse 3]
Picked a little hog walkin' in the lot
To make three tracks and just one dot
Nellie says, "Who you think I am?"
That hog's missin' about one ham
[Verse 4]
Hey, barefoot Nellie
Oh, barefoot Nellie
Hey, barefoot Nellie
You're the one for me
[Verse 5]
Nellie went to town one day
Ridin' on a load of hay
Sold a man a trip to Mars
Now she sits behind the bars
[Verse 6]
Hey, barefoot Nellie
Oh, barefoot Nellie
Hey, barefoot Nellie
You're the one for me
[Verse 7]
Nellie put on her Sunday dress
Thought that it would look the best
Made out of an old feed sack
"Hog feed," wrote right on the back
[Verse 8]
Hey, barefoot Nellie
Oh, barefoot Nellie
Hey, barefoot Nellie
You're the one for me
[Verse 9]
Nellie's got a pair of shoes
And she can wear them if she'll choose
So why the heck she got the blues?
Who wants to wear a size twenty-two?
[Verse 10]
Hey, barefoot Nellie
Oh, barefoot Nellie
Hey, barefoot Nellie
You're the one for me
Written by: Don Reno, Jim Davis

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