Ray Stevens - Family Funeral Fight Lyrics

Lyrics Family Funeral Fight - Ray Stevens



Now he was just a little fella
Barely 5 foot 3
But he caused a great commotion
Down in Ducktown Tennessee
Now it was nothing that the old man did
Or one word that he said
Fact is the trouble didn t start
Till three days after he was dead.
It was a huge military funeral
With the family gathered round
Come to show the old man honor
And to ease him in the ground
But murmurs spread among the crowd
And the mourner s blood ran cold
When up pulled the big squad car
Marked Tennessee State Patrol
It was the old mans youngest son
Doing 25 to life
For burning down his brother s trailer
And running off with his wife
The entire family was divided
Held together by a shaky truce
And then a woman yelled
I still love you Earl and all hell broke lose
Brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins
Knife and fist fights by the dozens
Yellin, spittin, bitin, hittin
What a sight to see
At the Ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight
It started in the afternoon
And lasted half the night
10 were stabbed 2 were shot
Nobody walked or talked quite right
After the ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight
And old highway patrol
And after about an hour or two
They finally gained control
The sheriff said this is a disgrace
And I m haulin all yall in
But Not till we've brought this service
To a decent end
So the Honor Guard stepped forward
Fired their rifles in the air
An old lady who was snoozin
Jumped and fell out of her chair
And as she hit that Astroturf you won t
Believe what happened then
A boy yelled Whoa they shot grandma
And here we go again
Mourners, Police, Honor Guards,
Relatives from near and far
Cussin, fussin, bitin, and hittin,
What a sight to see
At the Ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight
It started in the afternoon
And lasted half the night
10 were stabbed 2 were shot
Nobody walked or talked quite right
After the Ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight
It was the Ducktown knock down
Family funeral feud
You can t believe the mayhem
And the chaos that ensued
Why they even shot the sheriff
Punched out the preachers lights
At the Ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight
The Ducktown knock down
Family funeral fight



Writer(s): C.w. Jr.


Ray Stevens - Box Set
Album Box Set
date of release
28-02-2006

1 It's Me Again, Margaret
2 Too Drunk Too Fish
3 Misty
4 Freudian Slip
5 Sittin' Up With The Dead
6 Everything Is Beautiful
7 Power Tools
8 Drivers Education
9 Hang Up And Drive
10 Ahab, The Arab
11 The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The Beginning)
12 Blue Angel
13 The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The End?)
14 Pledging My Love
15 The Woogie Boogie
16 Love Will Beat Your Brains Out
17 The Haircut Song
18 The Streak
19 The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
20 Family Funeral Fight
21 Deerslayer
22 Safe At Home
23 Boogie Woogie
24 Virgil And The Moonshot
25 The Hustler
26 Osama Yo’ Mama
27 Hello Mama
28 Let’s Roll
29 We’re Havin’ A Baby
30 When The Kids Are Gone
31 Turn Your Radio On
32 Kitty Cat’s Revenge
33 Juanita & The Kids
34 Thank You
35 Shriner's Convention
36 Nashville
37 Erik The Awful
38 The Dog Song
39 The Cat Song
40 When I Get Over You
41 The Pirate Song
42 Come On Home To Baseball
43 Gitarzan
44 Bridget The Midget
45 Bon Temps Roulette
46 Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five-Piece Band)
47 Gone For Good
48 Stand Up
49 The King Of Christmas
50 Be Your Own Best Friend
51 Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills




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