My Old Kentucky Home - (Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)

Turpentine and dandelion wine

I've turned the corner, an' I'm doin' fine

Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line

Pickin' 'em off with this gun o' mine

Got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head

Going higher and higher 'til I'm dead

Sister Sue is short and stout

She didn't grow up, she grew out

Momma says she's plain, but she's just being kind

Papa thinks she's pretty, but he's almost blind

Don't let her out much except at night

But I don't care 'cause I'm all right

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

Young folks roll on the floor

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

Keep them hard times away from my door

Brother Gene is big and mean

And he don't have much to say

He had a little woman who he whooped each day

But now she's gone away

Got drunk last night, kicked momma down the stairs

But I'm all right, so I don't care

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

And the young folks are rollin' on the floor

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

Keep them hard times away from my door

Turpentine and dandelion wine

I've turned the corner, an' I'm doin' fine

Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line

Pickin' 'em off with this gun o' mine

Got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head

Goin' higher and higher 'till I'm dead

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

And the young folks are rollin' on the floor

Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home

Keep them hard times away from my door

Keep them hard times away from my door