I WON'T GO HUNTIN' WITH YOU JAKE (BUT I'LL GO CHASIN' WIMMIN)
(Stuart Hamblen)

Stuart Hamblen - 1949
Jimmy Dean - 1961
Buck Owens - 1971
Ivor & The Engines - 2002

Also recorded by: Houston Wells; Hermann Lammers Meyer.



Oh, it's springtime in the mountains and I'm full of mountain dew
Can't even read my catalogue like I used to do
I'm a-settin' in that little shed that's right back of the house
And there comes Jake with all of his hounds, but he's gonna hear me shout

I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin
Go put your hounds back in the pens and quit your silly grinnin'
The moon is right and I'm half tight, my life is just beginnin'
I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin

Let's go down to the meetin' house and wait till they start home
Them gals that come from Possum Creek will always leave alone
We'll run 'em down the corn rows, them sassy little misses
We'll scare them pretty gals to death, we'll stop and throw 'em kisses

But I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin
Go put them hounds back in the pens and quit your silly grinnin'
The moon is right and I'm half tight, my life is just beginnin'
I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin

(Banjo Solo)

Now go wash your face and comb your hair, it's dang near time to start
But let me tell you 'fore we go, there's one that's trapped my heart
Don't chase that gal with the yellar hair and wears a dress o' green
Well that little gal belongs to me, I know she's past sixteen

But I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin
Go put them hounds back in them pens and quit your silly grinnin'
The moon is right and I'm half tight, my life is just beginnin'
I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin

Now I was headin' for the general store when a silly thing I seen
They make 'em in the city and it's called a magazine
I turned to page thirty-two and look at what I found
Them gals wear clothes that we ain't seen beneath them gingham gowns

But I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake but I'll go chasin' wimmin
Go put your hounds back in the pens and quit your silly grinnin'
The moon is right and I'm half tight, my life is just beginnin'
I won't go huntin' wi' you Jake, but I'll go chasin' wimmin



(Transcribed from the Stuart Hamblen
recording by Mel Priddle - February 2011)