(by J.R. Robertson)
Stranded out in the night
Eliza took me down
To see the widow give
Rain to the town.
It s against the law
To be a tonic man
But the widow knows
She s got the upper hand.
So I went on in
Feelin kinda wheezy.
You know she soothed my mindboys
She rocked me kinda slow and easy
All day and all night.
Pick a card before you go
It s a long trip to Mexico.
Eliza wait by the door
I can t stay here anymorenono.
Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said "Look out son
You knowI just ordered a flood
For forty days and forty nights".
Then I dropped my shoes
Eliza called my name.
She said it looked to her
Like it s gonna rain.
Then the cotton king
Came in chokin
And the widow laughed and said:
"I ain t jokin .
Take once for all"
She said "Now don t ya tease me.
I just fell in loveboy
So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy
All day and all night."
Sweet William said
With a drunken head:
"If I had a boat
I d help y all float".
Eliza stood there watching
William in a trance
As the widow did the St. Vitus dance.
But just then an old man
With a boat named "Breezy"
Said: "You can ride with Clydeboys
If you rock it kinda slow and easy
All day and all night".

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