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Slap her down again, paw
slap her down again (slap)
Make her tell us more, paw tell us where she's been (slap)
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again (slap)
Well paw and ma were so darn sore, they woke me up one night
There was some awful cussin' and ma said paw was right
They was awaitin' sister Bess, who never kept her word
The sun came up as Bess came in, and this is what I heard
Quote Slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Make her tell us more, paw tell us where she's been
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again unquote
Now poor old Bess got so darn mad, she ran away one day
To meet that travellin' salesman, with city-skickin' ways
We ran and stood beside them though, with shotguns by our sides
Me and Deke and paw and ma, who yelled as they came by
Why don't you slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Make her tell us more, paw tell us where she's been
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Now ma and paw, they planned for Bess to marry Deacon Brown
And not that travellin' salesman, who always came around
They made poor Bessie go to church, her face was mighty red
The deacon took one look at her, and this is what he said
Oh slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Make her tell us more, paw tell us where she's been
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again unquote
(Play chorus chords and trickle in the following phrases)
Doesido
Oh yeah, thats hot stuff aint it?
Well the moral of this story girls, is don't stay out too late
Unless you take your shoes off, outside your pappy's gate
If ma don't hear you comin' in, she won't lay down the law
And you won't have to worry, cause she won't sing out to paw
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Make her tell us more, paw tell us where she's been
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
Slap her down again, paw slap her down again
Take that (slap) and that, (slap) and that, (slap, slap)