Blue Tail Fly Lyrics by Burl Ives
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2. BLUETAIL FLY

When I was young I used to wait
On my master and hand him his plate
And Pass the bottle when he got dry
And brush away the blue-tail fly

CHORUS: Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away

And when he’d ride in the afternoon
I'd follow after with my hickory broom
The pony being rather shy
When bitten by the blue-tail fly

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One day he ride around the farm
Flies so numerous they did swarm
One chanced to bite him on the thigh
The devil take the blue-tail fly

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The pony run, he jump, he pitch
He threw my master in the ditch
He died and the jury wondered why
The verdict was the blue-tail fly

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He lay under the 'simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see
"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie
The victim of the blue-tail fly"

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The Masters gone away
2. BLUETAIL FLY      When I was young I used to wait   On my master and hand him his plate   And Pass the bottle when he got dry   And brush away the blue-tail fly      CHORUS: Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care   Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care   Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care   My master's gone away      And when he’d ride in the afternoon   I'd follow after with my hickory broom   The pony being rather shy   When bitten by the blue-tail fly      CHORUS:      One day he ride around the farm   Flies so numerous they did swarm   One chanced to bite him on the thigh   The devil take the blue-tail fly      CHORUS:   MUSIC      The pony run, he jump, he pitch   He threw my master in the ditch   He died and the jury wondered why   The verdict was the blue-tail fly      CHORUS:      He lay under the 'simmon tree   His epitaph is there to see   "Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie   The victim of the blue-tail fly"      CHORUS:   The Masters gone away