歌曲名 Ko-Ko Joe

歌手名 Jerry Reed

作词：Jerry Reed

作曲：Jerry Reed

Ko-ko Joe

Uhh

Ko-ko Joe

Go ahead home

Ko-ko Joe

Up in Appaloosa county

There's a place called Ko-ko Ridge

Sittin' right on the bend

On the Etowah River

Where the water washed away the bridge

Cotton Mouth Country

Ko-ko Joe

A river rat's knee high

Ko-ko Joe

Way up around the back border

Lived a man

That the river folks talked about

They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe

Cause he's crazy no account

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat

The folks despised him

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

He was an awfully peculiar man

The river was his only friend

And the folks didn't understand

The man called Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes

He drunk a brew called Mo-jo Claw

That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps

On the banks of the Etowah

Made him walk a little funny

Ko-ko Joe

Made his breath smell funky

Ko-ko Joe

Well he never come across the river

'Cause the folks didn't like him in town

They said his hair was long

His clothes were dirty

They didn't want him hangin' around

Ko-ko Joe Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River rat

The folks despised him

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

He was an awfully peculiar man

The river was his only friend

And the folks didn't understand

The man called Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

Well it happened a year ago Sunday

And they still talk about it today

How the dam broke loose

On the Etowah River

Nearly washin' everybody away

The river water rising

Ko-ko Joe

Washin' up all the bushes

Ko-ko Joe

Well the headlines said

How a mother said my son woulda lost his life

But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River

By the man y'all despised

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River rat

The folks despised him

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

So be careful what you say my friend

About folks you don't understand

Someday you might need a man like Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

Go ahead home son

Ko-ko Joe

Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River rat

The folks despised him