Way Downtown (Live At The American Legion Post 82)
Billy Strings
3:52It's called "Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents" When I left my home in Tennessee And I thought I'd learn to travel And then I met a pretty little girl And soon we played the devil Well, I thought I loved that gal of mine And I thought we'd live together And then we tied that fatal knot And now I'm gone forever Gimme back my fifteen cents Gimme back my money Gimme back my fifteen cents And I'll go home to Mammy It was fifteen cents for the preacher man And a dollar for the paper Then dear old mother-in-law moved in And, Lordy, what a caper! Well, I picked a tune for her one day And she called me a joker Then that old sow got mad at me And she hit me with a poker Gimme back my fifteen cents Gimme back my money Gimme back my fifteen cents And I'll go home to Mammy Well, I've worked in town, and I've worked on the farm And there's no way to suit 'em They're both so damn mad at me That somebody oughta boot 'em Well, I'm tired of looking at my mother-in-law And I'd like to see my granny Gonna leave the state of Arkansas And go back home to mammy! Gimme back my fifteen cents Gimme back my money Gimme back my fifteen cents And I'll go home to mammy Yeah, gimme back my fifteen cents Gimme back my money Gimme back my fifteen cents And I'll go home to mammy Yeah, we're, we're coming upon wedding season and Maybe some of you need that here today Hey, we're coming up on dinner time too So, I think I got just the thing for you Anyways, for those of you that eat groundhog