Flatt & Scruggs

Ballad Of Jed Clampett

Flatt & Scruggs


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Let me tell you a story about a man named Jed  
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A poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed.  
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Then one day he while shootin' at some food  
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Up from the ground came a bubblin' crude.  
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Oil that is,  black gold,  Texas tea 
  
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Well the first thing you know Ole Jed’s a millionaire.  
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The kinfolk said, "Jed, move away from there!”  
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They said "Californie is the place that you oughta be!”  
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So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly  
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Hills, that is, Swimming pools, and movie stars 
  
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Now, it's time to say good-bye to Jed and all his kin.  
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They would like to thank you all for kindly dropin’ in.  
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You’re all invited back again to this locality,  
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To have a heapin’ helpin’ of their hospitality.  
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Hillbillies, that's good folks, 
Y'all come back now, y'hear?