Mountain Dew
(a.k.a. "Good Old Mountain Dew", "The Real Old
Mountain Dew")
Words & Music:
Bascom L. Lunsford, Lulu Belle & Scott Wiseman (1939)
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Down the road here from me
there's an old hollow tree
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Where you lay down a dollar or
two.
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If you hush up your mug they
will fill up your jug
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With that good old mountain
dew.
CHORUS:
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They call it that good old
mountain dew and them that refuse it are few.
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You may go round the bend, but
you'll come back again for that good old mountain dew.
Way up on the hill there's an
old whiskey still that is run by a hard working crew.
You can tell if you sniff and
you get a good whiff
That they're making that old
mountain dew.
CHORUS:
The preacher came by with a
tear in his eye; he said that his wife had the flu.
We told him he ought to give
her a quart of that good old mountain dew.
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Well, my brother Mort is sawed
off and short; he measures just four foot two.
But he thinks he's a giant
when they give him a pint of that good old mountain dew!
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My uncle Bill has a still on
the hill where he runs off a gallon or two.
The birds in the sky get so
high they can't fly on that good old mountain dew.
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My aunt Jane has a brand new
perfume; it has such a sweet smelling p.u.
Imagine her surprise when she
had it analyzed; it was good old mountain dew!
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Mister Roosevelt told me just
how he felt the day that the dry law went through;
"If your likkerŐs too
red, itŐll swell up your head
Better stick to that mountain
dew!"
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