The Great Grandfather Trk 19 Disc 2 2:30
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Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, Willie Dixon - bass
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Clifton James or Frank Kirkland - drums
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Lafayette Leake - piano, .
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Recorded: December 1958 NYC. Originally Checker #924.
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Transcriber: [email protected]
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Album: Bo Diddley 'I'm A Man - The Chess Masters 1955-1958'
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B0009231-02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007
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The great grand-pappy when the land was young
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Barred his do' wit' a wagon tongue
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Oooh-ho-ho-ho-ho
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When the times got tough and redskins smart
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Said his prayers with his shotgun cocked
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Oh-oh-oh, whoa-ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-whoa-oh
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The great grand-pappy was a busy man
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Cooked his grub in a fryin' pan
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Picked his teeth with a huntin' knife
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He wore the same suit all-a his life
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Oh-oh, ooo-oh-ooo, ooo-ooo
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A-ay-oh
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(guitar & piano)
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Twenty-one children, came to be blessed
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The old man's house in the wilderness
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Oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-a-whoa-oh
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Doubt his story if you can
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The great grand-pappy was a busy man
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Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
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Oh-hoo! (ah-hoo)
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Ooow
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FADES-
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Whoa-ooh-a-ooo.
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The Great Grandfather
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| Bo Diddley |
