Miss Squirrel Revival-lyr   Ray Stevens

Subject: Thanks
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Thanks heaps for organizing such a valuable resource for all us guitar
players scattered around this big old ball of mud. In my case I am
learning to play the bass guitar and have derived a great deal of help
from your excellent site.
 	So time now to put something back in. This submission (my first) is in
response to a request in the latest newsletter for the words to the Ray
Stevens song 
"Mississippi Squirrel Revival"
Source is:

	Album;             Ray Stevens Greatest Hits
	Label;             MCA Records
	Catalogue Number;  5918-1
	Song Writers;      C.W. Kalb Jr. & Carlene Kalb


Well When I Was A Kid I'd Take A Trip

Every Summer Down To Mississipp'

To Visit My Granny And Her Ante Bellum World

I'd Run Barefooted All Day Long

Climbin' Trees Free As A Song

One Day I Happened To Catch Myself A Squirrel

Well I Stuffed Him Down In An Old Shoe Box

And Punched A Couple Of Holes In The Top

And When Sunday Came I Snuck Him Into Church

I Was Sittin' Way Back In The Very Last Pew

Showin' Him To My Good Buddy Hugh

When That Squirrel Got Loose And Went Totally Berserk

Well What Happened Next Is Hard To Tell

Some Thought It Was Heaven Others Thought It Was Hell

But The Fact That Something Was Among Us Was Plain To See

As The Choir Sang "I Surrender All"

The Squirrel Ran Up Harve' Newman's Cover-alls

And Harve' Leaped To His Feet And Said

"Something's Got A Hold On Me" Yeow!! 

Chorus

The Day The Squirrel Went Berserk

In The First Self Righteous Church

In That Sleepy Little Town Of Pastagoola (Pastagoola)

It Was A Fight For Survival

That Ended In Revival

They Were Jumpin' Pews And Shoutin' Hallelujah (Halleluja)


Well Harve' Hit The Aisles Dancin' And A'screamin'

Some Thought He Had Religion Others Thought He Had A Demon

And Harve' Thought He Had A Weed Eater Loose In His Fruit Of The Looms

He Fell To His Knees To Plead And Beg

And The Squirrel Ran Out Of His Britches Leg

Unobserved To The Other Side Of The Room

All The Way Down To The Amen Pew

Where Sat Sister Bertha - Better Than You

Who'd Been Watching All The Commotion With Sadistic Glee

Well You Should'a Seen The Look In Her Eyes

When That Squirrel Jumped Her Garters And Crossed Her Thighs

She Jumped To Her Feet And Said "Lord Have Mercy On Me"

As The Squirrel Made Laps Inside Her Dress

She Began To Cry And Then To Confess

To Sins That Would Make A Sailor Blush With Shame

She Told Of Gossip And Church Distention

But The Thing That Got The Most Attention

Was When She Talked About Her Love Life

And Then She Started Namin' Names

Chorus

Well Seven Deacons And The Pastor Got Saved

And Twenty Five Thousand Dollars Got Raised

And Fifty Volunteered For Missions In The Congo - On The Spot

And Even Without An Invitation

There Were At Least Five Hundred Re-dedications

And We All Got Re-baptised Whether We Needed It Or Not

Now You've Heard The Bible Story I Guess

How He Parted The Waters For Moses To Pass

Oh The Miracles God Has Wrought In This Old World

But The One I'll Remember 'Til My Dying Day

Is How He Put That Church Back On The Narrow Way

With A Half Crazed Mississippi Squirrel

Chorus

Chorus (Fading)