GEORGIA IN A JUG
(Bobby Braddock)

as recorded by Johnny Paycheck
1978


Mason jars on the dresser filled with dollars, quarters,
Savin' 'em for our trip around the world,
But now you've changed your tune,
There'll be no honeymoon,
So tonight I'm going there without you girl!

I'm goin' down to Mexico in a glass of tequila,
Goin' down to Puerto Rica in a bottle o' rum.
Goin' down to Honolu' in a Mai Tai mug,
And I'm comin' back home to Georgia in a jug!

We'll never ride that bus to Mexico City, that's a pity,
We'll never sail our ship into old San Juan.
You'll never walk with me
On the beach at Waikiki,
And we'll never share that brick suburban home!

Today I'm takin' that money out of the jar,
Tonight I'm buyin' my ticket at the corner bar.

I'm goin' down to Mexico in a glass of tequila,
Goin' down to Puerto Rica in a bottle o' rum.
Goin' down to Honolu' in a Mai Tai mug,
And I'm comin' back home to Georgia in a jug,
Yes I'm comin' back home to Georgia in a jug!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2020)