Dickens Little Jimmy - Bessie The Heifer guitar tab

BESSIE THE HEIFER

Recorded by: "Little" Jimmy Dickens

Writer: Boudleaux Bryant and Jimmy Dickens

[C] My daddy gave a calf to me

For a Christmas present [G7] once

I picked a little heifer out

'Cause both of us were [C] runts

She never had no sense

But she grew up allright some-[G7] how

And when it came to givin' milk

She was an educated [C] cow.

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[C] Bessie the heifer

The [F] queen of all [C] cows

She gave more milk

Than any law al-[G7] lows

In the [C] mornin' she gave pasteurized

At [F] nite she gave homogenized

[C] Bessie the heifer

The [G7] queen of all the [C] cows.

I took her to the county fair

To try to win a prize

She knew what was goin' on

I saw it in her eyes

The contest made her nervous

She tried so hard to please

But when I tried to milk her

All I got was cottage cheese.

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I planted me a 'tater patch

To earn some extra dough

To take a short vacation

With some city folks I know

But no one else would milk the cow

No matter how I'd nag

So pa took my vacation

Leavin' me to hold the bag.

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