Big Bend Gal chords by Shelor Family

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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There's no use talkin' bout the Big Bend Gal that lives on the county line
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For Betsy Jane from the prairie plain just leaves them way behind.
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You never would see such a likely woman if you searched all over creation.
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She beats the gals from the flat creek bottom. She's the queen of the whole plantation.

Verse 2:
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She totes herself like a flying squirrel and the men folk all come around.
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And lord how the dewdrops get off the grass when she puts her feet upon the ground.
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She's just as ripe as an apple on a tree, and she looks so pretty and snug;
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And her mouth's just as sweet as a corncob stopper that comes out of a molasses jug.

Verse 3:
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The calf comes a-loping when the old cow calls and the possum dog comes to the horn.
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And the grape vine climbs up the tall oak tree and the morning glory wraps around the corn.
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And a feller will turn around and come pretty quick when he hears that pretty girl laugh;
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She hangs on his arm like a bird on a tree as they both go walking up the path.

Verse 4:
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Her eyes give light like a foxfire chunk and her teeth are white as snow;
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and the fellers in the cotton patch keep looking back when they see her come chopping down the row.
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She's gone crowd the hands where the crabgrass grows and killed the weeds as she goes;
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