Verse
D#
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
A#7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
D#
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
A#7 D#
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
D#
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
A#7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
D#
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
A#7 D#
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
D#
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
A#7
G# rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
D#
G# gay little centipede, all without fear
A#7 D#
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
D#
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
A#7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
D#
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
A#7 D#
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
D#
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
A#7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
D#
And the wind never ceases but always remains
A#7 D#
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
D#
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
A#7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
D#
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
A#7 D# A#7 A#7 B7 A#7 D#
And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.