Brother Bill

Well, me and brother Bill went a huntin'

Away up in the hills of Maine

The reason why we went up there

We thought we'd catch some gain.

And as we were a huntin' away

In the middle of the night

We shot somethin' that looked like a grizzly bear

The doggone thing turned white.

Well, I dropped that gun

And away I run

My brother Bill says boy

What's the matter with you?

And he'd known like me

He'd've ran some too

Well, I'd ran so fast to say

And they couldn't catch me all day.

Away I'd run cross that field

They couldn't catch me with an automobile

My brother Bill got so excited

He commited shootin' at me

I heard those bullets sizzlin'

All among those trees.

I was runnin' so fast that night

My feet wasn't touchin' the ground

I heard a little tailbird in the tree

Singing he's Alabamy bound.

Well I'm goin' home

I'm all alone

My brother Bill says boy

What's the matter with you?

And he'd known like me

He'd've cut out too

Well, I run so fast to say

And they couldn't catch me all day.

Away I run cross that field

They couldn't catch me with an automobile.

No, they couldn't catch me with an automobile...