Ray Stevens - Family Funeral Fight lyrics

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Now he was just a little fella

Barely 5 foot 3

But he caused a great commotion

Down in Ducktown Tennessee

Now it was nothing that the old man did

Or one word that he said

Fact is the trouble didn’t start

Till three days after he was dead.

It was a huge military funeral

With the family gathered round

Come to show the old man honor

And to ease him in the ground

But murmurs spread among the crowd

And the mourner’s blood ran cold

When up pulled the big squad car

Marked Tennessee State Patrol

It was the old mans youngest son

Doing 25 to life

For burning down his brother’s trailer

And running off with his wife

The entire family was divided

Held together by a shaky truce

And then a woman yelled

I still love you Earl and all hell broke lose

Brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins

Knife and fist fights by the dozens

Yellin, spittin, bitin, hittin

What a sight to see

At the Ducktown knock down

family funeral fight

It started in the afternoon

And lasted half the night

10 were stabbed 2 were shot

Nobody walked or talked quite right

After the ducktown knock down

Family funeral fight

Well they called out the county Mounties

And old highway patrol

And after about an hour or two

They finally gained control

The sheriff said this is a disgrace

And I’m haulin all yall in

But Not till we've brought this service

To a decent end

So the Honor Guard stepped forward

Fired their rifles in the air

An old lady who was snoozin

Jumped and fell out of her chair

And as she hit that Astroturf you won’t

Believe what happened then

A boy yelled “Whoa they shot grandma”

And here we go again

Mourners, Police, Honor Guards,

Relatives from near and far

Cussin, fussin, bitin, and hittin,

What a sight to see

At the Ducktown knock down

Family funeral fight

It started in the afternoon

And lasted half the night

10 were stabbed 2 were shot

Nobody walked or talked quite right

After the Ducktown knock down

Family funeral fight

It was the Ducktown knock down

Family funeral feud

You can’t believe the mayhem

And the chaos that ensued

Why they even shot the sheriff

Punched out the preachers lights

At the Ducktown knock down

Family funeral fight

The Ducktown knock down

Family funeral fight