Porter Wagoner - Barefoot Nellie

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Redheaded peckerwood sittin’ on a limb
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Ma said chicken but Nellie shot him
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Wrung his neck and picked him clean
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The funniest chicken I’ve ever seen

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Verse 2]
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Now Nellie put on her Sunday dress
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She thought that it would look the best
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Made out of an old feed sack
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Hog feed rope right on the back

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Now Nellie went to town one day
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A ridin’ on a bale of hay
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Sold a man a trip to Mars
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Now she sits behind the bars

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Verse 4]
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Now Nellie’s got a pair of shoes
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And she can wear ‘em if she choose
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Why the heck she’s got the blues
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Wants to wear a size twenty-two

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Peglegged hog walkin’ in the lot
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He made three tracks and just one dot
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Nellie said, “Who do you think I am?”
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That hog’s missin’ about one ham

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Chorus]
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)
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Hey (barefoot Nellie) you’re the one for me

[Outro]
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