JOHN DENVER - Grandma's Feather Bed lyrics

rate me

This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on the back home again album. it has been released on the greatest hits vol 2, favourites, changes, the country roads collection and ro<br>Ountain holiday albums. live versions also appear on the an evening with john denver, live in london, country classics, the very best of john denver (2 cd), the john denver collection - rocky mo<br>N high and live at the sydney opera house albums.<br><br>When I was a little bitty boy<br>Just up off-a floor<br>We used to go down to grandma's house<br>Every monthend or so<br>We'd chicken pie and country ham<br>¡®n homemade butter on the bread<br>But the best darn thing about grandma's house<br>Was her great big feather bed<br><br>It was nine feet high and six feet wide<br>Soft as a downy chick<br>It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese<br>Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick<br>It'd hold eight kids ¡®n' four hound dogs<br>And a piggy we stole from the shed<br>We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun<br>On grandma's feather bed<br><br>After the supper we'd sit around the fire<br>The old folks'd spit and chew<br>Pa would talk about the farm and the war<br>And my grann'd sing a ballad or two<br>I'd sit and listen and watch the fire<br>Till the cobwebs filled my head<br>Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morning<br>In the middle of the old feather bed<br><br>It was nine feet high and six feet wide<br>Soft as a downy chick<br>It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese<br>Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick<br>It'd hold eight kids ¡®n' four hound dogs<br>And a piggy we stole from the shed<br>We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun<br>On grandma's feather bed<br><br>Well I love my ma, I love my pa<br>Love granny and grandpa too<br>Been fishing with my uncle, I rassled with my cousin<br>I even kissed aunt lou<br>But if ever had to make a choice<br>I guess it ought to be said<br>That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road<br>For grandma's feather bed<br><br>It was nine feet high and six feet wide<br>Soft as a downy chick<br>It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese<br>Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick<br>It'd hold eight kids ¡®n' four hound dogs<br>And a piggy we stole from the shed<br>We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun<br>On grandma's feather bed<br><br>Words and music by jim connor