Osborne Brothers - Muddy Bottom lyrics

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)

A country boy don't perspire a city girl don't sweat

But any fool can tell you either one will make you wet

Now I found out the hard way and I can tell you yet

You'll do one or the other down on Muddy Bottom.

Muddy Bottom is a cornfield that my daddy gave to me

It laid along a river bank back home in Tennessee

The hottest place this side of where nobody wants to be

Ruddy, cruddy good ole Muddy Bottom.

I hankered for the city and all the city lights

So I lit out to make my way and see the city sights

Now I catch myself thinking through long hot city nights

I'd be way better off back down in Muddy Bottom.

Muddy Bottom ain't as lonely as a busy city street

And rattlesnakes ain't half as mean as lots of folks I meet

I've come to the conclusion that ole Bottom's hard to beat

Ruddy cruddy good ole Muddy Bottom.

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I sure miss the river and the secret fishin' pool

Miss the girl I'd chase down through the cornfield after school

You may not understand it but I sure miss my mule

Now I wonder why I left ole Muddy Bottom.

Muddy Bottom is a cornfield that my daddy gave to me

It laid along a river bank back home in Tennessee

The hottest place this side of where nobody wants to be

Ruddy, cruddy good ole Muddy Bottom.

Ruddy, cruddy good ole Muddy Bottom...

Thanks to Robin Deputy for these lyrics