Country Fair Dance chords by Mary Coughlan

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At the country fair dance, they were having romance,

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They were eating, drinking & dancing

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Well a heated exchange is not unusual or strange,

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and soon them ugly looks turned into ugly action

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Well she was pretty you might say, at least we thought so anyway

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But she never sent a man to war or slaughter

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Them flashing black eyes made two young men rise

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and had a sudden strange effect on each other


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There was Porcupine Paul, a man feared by all, he drank away all of his money and his reason

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And Fearsome Fred Ford who was restless and bored and tired of waiting for the hunting season

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On the floor lay Pamela Pearl, she was Fearsome Fred’s girl

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but she didn’t mind being dragged under the table

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When Fred broke it up the man he found on top was Paul doing all he was able


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Well Fred said look here, take your hand off that brassiere

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We’re gonna have ourselves a little shootin’

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And he’s hitching up his pants and he’s adopting this masochistic stance

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and the crowd starts yelling and hooting

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Paul knew he was beat if he ever got to his feet so he fired from the horizontal position

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Fred was hit, the dust was bit, it was an amazing exhibition of true grit

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He fired his gun and accomplished his mission


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Pearl adjusted her lace, with an expression of grief and horror on her face

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She said it sure is grief and horror that I’m feeling

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Everyone was aghast at what had come to pass

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Even the card players looked up and stopped their dealing.