Verse
F#
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
C#7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
F#
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
C#7 F#
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
F#
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
C#7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
F#
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
C#7 F#
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
F#
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
C#7
B rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
F#
B gay little centipede, all without fear
C#7 F#
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
F#
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
C#7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
F#
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
C#7 F#
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
F#
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
C#7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
F#
And the wind never ceases but always remains
C#7 F#
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
F#
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
C#7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
F#
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
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And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.