Well, Old Dan Tucker, was a fine old man,
Washed his face in a frying pan,
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
Died with a toothache in his heel.
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
Old Dan Tucker, he’d come to town
Riding a billy goat, leading a hound.
The hound dog barked, the billy goat jumped,
Landed ‘Ol Tucker on a stump!
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
Now Old Dan Tucker got drunk and fell
In the fire and kicked up holy hell,
A red-hot coal fell in his shoe
And oh my Lord the ashes flew.
Now old Dan Tucker has come to town,
Swinging them ladies all around,
First to the right and then to the left,
Then to the gal that he loves best.
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
Get out the way! Old Dan Tucker,
You’re too late to get your supper.
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Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man,
Washed his face in a fryin’ pan,
Combed his head with a wagon wheel,
Died with a toothache in his heel
So get out the way, old Dan Tucker,
It’s too late to get your supper
Supper’s over and dinner is cookin’,
Old Dan Tucker just standin’ there lookin’
Old Dan Tucker come to town
Swingin’ the ladies round and round
First to the right, then to the left,
Then to the one that you love best
Old Dan Tucker clumb a tree
His Lord and master for to see
The limb it broke and he had a fall,
Never got to see his Lord at all
Old Dan Tucker come to town,
Riding a billy goat, leading a hound
The hound dog barked and the billy goat jumped
And it threw old Dan right over a stump
Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man,
Washed his face in a fryin’ pan,
Combed his head with a wagon wheel,
Died with a toothache in his heel
So get out the way, old Dan Tucker,
It’s too late to get your supper
Supper’s over and the dishes are washed
All that’s left is a piece of squash
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I come to town de udder night,
I hear de noise den saw de fight,
De watchman was a runnin roun,
Cryin Old Dan Tuckeer’s come to town,
So get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
Tucker is a nice old man,
He use’d to ride our darby ram,
He sent him whizzin down de hill,
If he had ‘nt got up he’d laid dar still,
Get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
Tucker on de wood pile–can’t count ‘lebben,
Put in a fedder bed–him gwine to hebben,
His nose so flat, his face so full,
De top ob his head like a bag ob wool,
Get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
High hold on de holler tree,
He poke his bill in for to see,
De lizzard cotch ‘im by de snout,
He call old Tucker to pull ‘im out,
Get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
Tucker he had cash a plenty,
Dressed to death–his old trunk empty,
To kiss de galls he thot was useless,
‘Cept he kissed wid a sway-back-looseness,
Get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
Here’s my razor in good order,
Magnum-bonum–jis hab bought ‘er,
Sheep shell de oats, ole Tucker shell de corn,
I’ll shave you all when de water gets warm,
Get out de way! Get out de way!
Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker,
Your too late to come to supper.
I went to meetin de udder day,
To hear old Tucker preach and pray,
Dey all got drunk, but me alone,
I make ole Tucker–walk-jaw-bone,
Get out de way, Get out de way,
Get out de way you hard’end sinner,
Your too late to come to dinner.