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Clips from Ray Stevens - The Mississippi Squirrel Revival

"Well, when I was a kid I'd take a trip every summer down the Mississippi"
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"To visit my granny in her antebellum world"
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"And one day I happened to catch myself a squirrel"
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"Harv leaped to his feet and said, "Somethin's got a hold on me", Yeow!"
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"Chorus:"
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"The day the squirrel went berserk"
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"In the First Self-Righteous Church"
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"In the sleepy little town of Pascagoula"
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"Some thought he had religion others thought he had a demon"
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"Who'd been watchin' all the commotion with sadistic glee"
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"When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs"
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"In the First Self-Righteous Church"
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"Even without an invitation there were at least five hundred rededications"
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"Is how he put that Church back on the narrow way"
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"It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival"
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"And when Sunday came I snuck him into Church"
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"Some thought it was heaven others thought it was hell"
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"But the fact that something was among us was plain to see"
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"As the choir sang "I Surrender All" the squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls"
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"They were jumpin' pews and shoutin' Hallelujah!"
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"Well, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'"
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"And Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his Fruit-Of-The-Looms"
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"He fell to his knees to plead and beg and the squirrel ran out of his britches leg"
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"Unobserved to the other side of the room"
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"All the way down to the amen pew where sat Sister Bertha better-than-you"
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"But you should've seen the look in her eyes"
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"She jumped to her feet and said "Lord have mercy on me""
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"Was when she talked about her love life and then she started naming names"
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"The day the squirrel went berserk"
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"For missions in the Congo on the spot"
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"And we all got baptized whether we needed it or not"
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"Now you've heard the bible story I guess"
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"Oh the miracles God has wrought in this old world"
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"In the First Self-Righteous Church"
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"They was jumpin' pews and shoutin' Hallelujah!"
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"I'd run barefooted all day long climbin' trees free as a song"
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"She began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame"
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"She told of gossip and church dissension but the thing that got the most attention"
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"In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula"
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"With a half crazed Mississippi squirrel"
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"In the sleepy little town of Pascagoula"
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"As the squirrel made laps inside her dress"
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"Twenty-five thousand dollars was raised and fifty volunteered"
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"But the one I'll remember 'til my dyin' day"
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"Chorus:"
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"The day the squirrel went berserk"
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"Well, what happened next is hard to tell"
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"Well, I stuffed him down in an old shoe box, punched a couple of holes in the top"
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"How he parted the waters for Moses to pass"
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"They were jumpin' pews and shoutin' Hallelujah!"
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"I was sittin' way back in the very last pew showin' him to my good buddy Hugh"
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"It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival"
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"Chorus:"
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"Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved,"
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"When that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk"
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"It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival"
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