Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow
play a little tune wherever I go
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
#2
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville "
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
#3
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg
With one shoe off and one shoe on he could do the
double-shuffle til the cows come home
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
#4
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence
I took my money and I ain't worked since
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
#5
Over the hickory and down the pine
the racoon left and the old hound whined
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat