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    UNDER THE MAGNOLIA TREE

    Magtree

    picnic

    under the magnolia tree

    a batch of fried chicken

    potato salad

    and jars of sun tea

    my baby and me

    aint got no particular place to go

     

    steamboats romancing

    on the mississippi flow

    hummingbirds prancing

    too and fro

    but my baby and me

    aint got no particular place to go

     

    the scent of sweet honeysuckle

    a jar of pigs  knuckles

    and a square  of cornbread

    the lord sho nuff blessed me

    with my black and tan fantasy

    this girl so pretty she wake up the dead

     

    if yall from down here

    you know what i mean

     

    no sir

    i dont know quite what you mean

    i aint fixin to miss new orleans

    my baby aint leavin

    so i aint going nowhere

    no how

    and lemme tell you brother

    under the covers

    this girl is the cats meow

     

    she got some sweet jelly roll

    if yall from down here

    you know what i mean

     

    huggin

    under the magnolia tree

    this aint no promise

    it is a guarantee

    my baby and me

    aint got no particular place to go

     

    the mossy covered pines

    swayin in quarter time

    a sweet breeze

    through  the trees

    i pull  out a flask

    of juniors homemade corn mash

    im fittin to recline

    aint too worried about the time

    because my baby and me

    aint got no particular place to go

     

    lonely country roads

    heading straight into nowhere

    give you 5 for a dime

    somebody is living down that line

    sippin lemonade

    with a splash of lime

    i aint  gotta chase my voodoo down

    last time i heard

    the devil was heading eastbound

     

    if yall from down here

    you know what i mean

     

    the  mardi gras

    will soon be coming

    my baby gonna dress up as a delta queen

    she will sho be stunning

    the way she  sashay

    take a preachers breath away

    keep to your bible preacher man

    i aint never tried to make a silk purse

    out of a sows  ear

    long as my baby will have me

    i will be right by her side

    right here

     

    if yall from down here

    you know what i mean

     

    kissin

    under the magnolia tree

    over at the fairgrounds

    my cousins  are chasin ladies

    at the  jamboree

    but my baby and me

    aint got no particular  place to go

     

    got the old south

    way deep down in my bones

    never had no need for wishin

    my baby is a blessing

    so im gonna keep my rusty butt

    right on home

    because my baby and me

    aint got no particular place to go

     

    that is it

    that is it

    i aint tellin yall no mo

    my baby and me about to commence

    some grown folk business

     

    yall go on now

    go on

     

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    • 29 April 2011
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