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Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy

Gonna buy me sack of flour
Bake a hoecake ev'ry hour
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time, time, time
Keep my 1 skillet good and 5 greasy all the 1 time

Honey if you say so
I'll never work no more
I'll lay around your shanty all the time, time, time
Lay around your shanty all the time

Got some chickens in my sack
Got the bloodhounds on my track
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time, time, time
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

If they beat me to the door
I'll sic 'em on the floor
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time, time, time,...

Gonna buy me a jug of brandy
Gonna give it all to Nancy
Keep her good and drunk and goosey all the time, time, time,...

Available in these books:

Big Print Songs
Over 200 songs.
Family Tradition
The reference manual, with lyrics to 330 songs.
Featuring large-print lyrics (20-point type) and chords, historical info, jamming hints, and more.

A song from the The ToneWay Mountain Music Collection, which offers lyrics and free Song Clips (recordings for learning the song by ear) for nearly 400 traditional songs, many of which are often heard in bluegrass and old-time jam circles. The ToneWay Project also offers songbooks, CDs, and a free online video series for learning to play music by ear. http://ToneWay.com