The preacher went a-huntin'
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd.
The preacher went a-huntin'
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd.
(Repeat pattern for each verse)
He carried 'long his shotgun.
'Long came a grey goose.
The gun went "a-boo-loo!"
Down came a grey goose.
He was six weeks a-fallin'.
Then they give a feather-pickin'.
Yo' wife an' my wife.
They was six weeks a-pickin'.
So they put him on to parboil.
He was six weeks a-boilin'.
So they put him on the table.
Fork couldn't stick him.
Knife couldn't cut him.
So they took him to the hog-pen,
Broke the sow's teeth out.
-Huddie Ledbetter