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Blue Tail Fly (feat. Vic Schoen and His Orchestra)
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Blue Tail Fly (feat. Vic Schoen and His Orchestra) was released on January 1, 1996 by Geffen as a part of the album Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1996
LabelGeffen
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM166

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Vocals
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
Vocals
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harris Sterling
Harris Sterling
Songwriter
Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Arranger

Lyrics

When I was young I used to wait
On the boss and give him his plate
And Pass the bottle when he got dry
And brush away the blue-tail fly
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
And when he'd ride in the afternoon
I'd follow after with a hickory broom
The pony being rather shy
When bitten by a blue-tail fly
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
One day he ride around the farm
The flies so numerous they did swarm
One chanced to bite him on the thigh
The devil take the blue-tail fly
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
The pony run, he jump, he pitch
He threw my master in the ditch
He died and the jury wondered why
The verdict was the blue-tail fly
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
They lay him under a 'simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see
"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie
The victim of a blue-tail fly"
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
The master's gone away
Written by: Burl Ives
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