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Version 1Papa's Billy Goat Lyrics [Verse] F Papa, bought em a great big billy goat. F Mom, she washed most every day. F She hung her clothes out on the line, F F Am that dog-gone goat he a comin' that way [Verse] F Now he pulled down a red flannel shirt. F You oughta heerd those buttons crack. Bb F But Pa'll get even with the son of a gun, F Am F Am Gonna tie him across the railroad track. [Verse] F Well he tied him across the railroad track, F And the train was a comin' at a powerful rate. F he coughed up that old red shirt, F Am F And then flagged down that durned old train. [Verse] F So I went to the depot and I bought me a ticket, F And I walked right in and I sot right down. Bb F Stuck my ticket in the brim of my hat F C F Am F And the dog-gone wind blew it out on the ground. [Verse] F The conductor come along and said "Gimme your ticket" F Well I had to pay again or get left on the track. F But I'll get even with the son of a gun, F Gonna tie him across the railroad track. [Verse] F Well I tied him across the railroad track, F And the train was a comin' at a powerful rate. Bb He fell back like an old red stain, F And they buttied him under that durned old train. [Verse] F And I Actin' me an old fool, I married me a widow. F And the widow had a daughter and her name was Maude. F Pop, bein' a widower, married her daughter, F C F And now my daddy is my own son-in-law. [Instrumental] F Bb F C F Bb F [Verse] F Had a little roll, laid it on the board Bb Tune up the fiddle with sugar in the gourd F Sugar in the gourd, you want to get it out F F C F C Now the way to get the sugar out's roll the gourd about [Verse] F Had a little hen, she had a wooden leg Bb The best darned hen that ever laid an egg F She laid more eggs than any hen around the barn F And another drink a wouldn't do me any harm [Outro] C Am F C