Feudin' And Fightin'

Feudin' And Fightin' - Dorothy Shay

Beyond the busy highway

Beyond the city strife

We highly treasure

And take great pleasure

In our plain way of life

Feudin' and fussin' and a-fightin'

Sometimes it gets to be excitin'

Don't like them ornery neighbors

Down by the creek

We'll be plumb out of neighbors next week

Grandma poor ol' grandma

Why'd they have to shoot poor grandma

She lies 'neath the clover

Someone caught her bending over

Pickin' up a daisy

Feudin' and fussin' and a-fightin'

This is a wrong that needs a rightin'

Let's get that funeral service over

So then we can start in a-feudin' again

Fightin' and feudin' and a-fussin'

That's all that's goin' on with us'n

We are such neighborly people

Peaceful and sweet

All except when we happen to meet

Daughter baby daughter

Poisoned all the neighbors chickens

Daughter shouldn't oughter

Least 'till she could run like the dickens

They hit her with a shovel

Feudin' and fightin' and a-fussin'

No use a-standin' here a-cussin'

Let's give our daughter a pistol

Now that she's four

And go feudin' and fightin' some more

Feudin' a-fussin' and a-fightin'

This ain't no corner you can brighten

Polish the shootin' iron I'm gettin' a yen

To go feudin' a-fussin

A feudin' an' a-fussin' again