As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler   As a young man I'd go a courtin' with my sweetheeart so young and fair   Down the mountain to Possum Holler that's where he'd always find me waitin' there   Now I tell my mama that I's goin' out walkin' neath the moonlight so bright and fair   And I'd tell daddy I was huntin' possum   And take off a grinnin' and a slickin' down my hair   As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler   Then one evening in Possum Holler my sweetheart's daddy stopped all our fun   Yeah we got married in Possum Holler just you and me my daddy and daddy's gun   As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler   Now when they see a possum hunter young and handsome and a smellin' fair   We just lean back and bust our laughin' cause we know there ain't no possum there   As time goes by the tales grow taller about possum in Possum Holler   About possum in Possum Holler