HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT?
(Traditional)
Grandpa Jones - 1948
Coon Creek Girls - 1949
Also recorded by: Stringbean; Mac Wiseman; Split Lip Rayfield.
As recorded by GRANDPA JONES:
Ain't no use of me working so hard this morning
Ain't no use of me working so hard, this morning
Ain't no use of me working so hard, this morning
But I got a woman in a other people's yard
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat, 49 and a ham of meat
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing this morning
Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing this morning
Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing
Thinks I'm a-working but I ain't doin' a thing
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat, 49 and a ham of meat
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
Well she gave me cake and she gave me pie, this morning
Well she gave me cake and she gave me pie, this morning
Well she gave me cake and she gave me pie
I said woman we're living too high
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
Well if you get there before I do, this morning
Well if you get there before I do, this morning
Well if you get there before I do, tell them all I'm coming through
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat this morning
How many biscuits can you eat, 49 and a ham of meat
This morning, for breakfast, so soon
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2018)
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As recorded by the COON CREEK GIRLS:
Oh, how many biscuits can you eat this mornin' (This mornin')
How many biscuits can you eat this evenin' (This evenin')
How many biscuits can you eat (Forty-nine and a ham o' meat)
This mornin', this evenin, right now
Oh, I love my wife and I love my baby this mornin' (This mornin')
Love my wife and I love my baby this evenin' (This evenin')
Love my wife and I love my baby (Oh, I love my biscuits sopped in gravy)
This mornin', this evenin', right now
(Instrumental Break)
Oh, make my coffee good and strong this mornin' (This mornin')
Make my coffee good and strong this evenin' (This evenin')
Make my coffee good and strong (Oh, keep on bringin' the biscuits on)
This mornin', this evenin', right now
Oh, how many biscuits can you eat this mornin'
How many biscuits can you eat this evenin'
How many biscuits can you eat, forty-nine and a ham o' meat
This mornin', this evenin, right now
Wow, wow, wow-wow-wow!
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2018)
