The Singing Scoutmaster: Grandma's Feather Bed



Grandma's Feather Bed
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When I was a little bitty boy just up off the floor  
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We used to go out to Grandma's house  
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every month end or so  
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We'd chicken pie and country ham,  
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And home made butter on the bread  
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But the best darn thing about Grandma's house  
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Was her great big feather bed  
   
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It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick  
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It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese,  
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Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick  
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It'd hold eight kids 'n four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed  
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We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on  
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Grandma's feather bed  
   
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After supper we'd sit around the fire,  
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the old folks would spit and chew  
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Pa would talk about the farm and the war,  
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and my Granny'd sing a ballad or two  
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I'd sit and listen and watch the fire till the cobwebs filled my head  
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Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the mornin'  
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in the middle of the old feather bed  
   
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It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick  
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It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese,  
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Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick  
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It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed  
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We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on  
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Grandma's feather bed  
   
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Well I love my Ma, I love my Pa, love Granny and Grandpa too  
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Been fishing with my uncle, I've rassled with my cousin,  
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I even kissed Aunt Lou --eww!  
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But if I ever had to make a choice, I guess it ought to be said  
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That I'd trade 'em all plus the gal down the road  
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For Grandma's feather bed  
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Yes I'd trade 'em all, plus the gal down the road    (spoken: maybe not the gal )  
   
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It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick  
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It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese,  
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Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick  
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It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed  
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We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on  
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Grandma's feather bed  
   
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It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick  
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It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese,  
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Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick  
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It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed  
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We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on  
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Grandma's feather bed  
   
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Didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's, Grandma's  
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Grandma's, - feather bed  
   

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