My Long Skinny Lazy Sarah Jane - The Stanley Brothers
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Not too many m
iles from here
In a town that
I love dear
There's a lady
that's got me
on a string
She's the wors
t you ever saw
She nearly bro
ke my jaw
She made me ca
rry my left ar
m in a sling
[PreChorus]
She's my darli
n, my daisy
She's knock-kn
eed, she's laz
y
Humpbacked, bo
x-ankled and s
he's lame
Oh, her nose i
s like a cork
She's the terr
or of New York
My long, skinn
y, lanky Sarah
Jane
[Chorus]
Oh Jane, my go
od old Jane
Won't you come
back to yer b
onehead once a
gain
Oh, they say s
he's mighty ni
ce
But her armpit
s smell like s
pice
She's my long,
skinny, lanky
Sarah Jane
[Verse 2]
Oh she promise
d to meet me i
n stockyard 17
Down at the st
ockyards, just
three miles o
ut of town
Our pigsfeet,
and pigs ear,
and tough old
Texas steer
And sell all t
he steaks for
14 cents a pou
nd
[PreChorus]
She's my darli
n, my daisy, s
he's my peache
s ----
Humpbacked, bo
wlegged and sh
e's lame
For they say h
er teeth are f
alse, for they
rattle when s
he walks
She's my long,
skinny, lanky
Sarah Jane
[Chorus]
Oh Jane, my go
od old Jane
Won't you come
back to yer b
onehead once a
gain
Oh, they say h
er breath is s
weet
But I'd rather
smell her fee
t
She's my long,
skinny, lanky
Sarah Jane