My pappy used to tan my hide
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Out behind the barn
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He taught me to be dignified
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Out behind the barn
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But when he took that strap to me,
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and turned me down across his knee
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He sure did hurt my dignity
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Out behind the barn
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I got my education
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Out behind the barn
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And i'm not foolin' no siree
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Passed each examination
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Out behind the barn
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But it almost made a wreck out of me
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I smoked my first cigarette
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Out behind the barn
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And that's one day I won't forget
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Out behind the barn
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I got so sick, you should've seen
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How that tobacco turned me green
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I almost died from nicotine
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Out behind the barn
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I met a pretty girl one day
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Out behind the barn
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She wanted me to stay and play
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Out behind the barn
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She taught me how to kiss and pet
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And that's a game I won't forget
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Cause we still play the same game yet
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Out behind the barn
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I wish I could go again
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Out behind the barn
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And do some things I did then
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Out behind the barn
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Now you think it ain't no fun
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To be a poor old farmers son
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You just don't know what all I've done
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Out behind the barn
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Out Behind the Barn
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| Little Jimmy Dickens |