Darby's Ram Songtext
von Merle Travis

Now all you boys and girls, I want you to listen to this song
When I was about your size, there′s an
Old feller used to sing this song to me
And, uh, he told me that it was sure the truth
And I used to say, "I don't believe it is, now is it?"
And he′d say, "Oh yeah, definitely"
I want you to listen to these words and see if you
Don't think he was kiddin' me just a little bit

Mr. Darby lived down on the creek and when he told a tale
Every minnow in the creek got bigger than Jonah′s whale
We used to sit with open mouths and listen to his yarns
About the things when he was young before us boys was born

Now wasn′t he a big 'un, girls? Wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
Now wasn′t he a big 'un, boys, before they cut him down?


Now here′s the part about that awful big sheep
My granddad had a big old sheep, I still can hear him say
"One of the finest rams, yes sir, that ever was fed on hay"
He had four legs to walk with and he had four feet to stand
And every foot that he had would cover an acre of land

Wasn't he a big 'un, boys? Wasn′t he a big ′un, girls?
And now wasn't he a big ′un, boys, before they cut him down?

Well, the wool that growed upon his back reached down to the ground
And when they cut it off in the spring
It would weigh ten thousand pounds
And the wool that growed upon his neck reached up to the sky
And the hawks would build their nest in
It 'cause they heard the little ones cry

Now wasn′t he a big 'un, boys? Now wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
I don't quite believe that myself, do you now?
Oh, before they cut him down

Now the butcher man that cut his throat was drownded in the blood
And the little boy that held the pan was washed away in the flood

Now wasn′t he a big ′un, boys? Wasn't he a big ′un, girls?
Wasn't he a big ′un, boys, before they cut him down?