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Flatt & Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some coon
Original Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some food
Theme song from the TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some fool
And up through the ground came a bubblin' pool.
And up through the ground came a bubblin' pool.
Original Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some food
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some poo
And up from the ground come a bubblin' goo
And up from the ground come a bubblin' goo
Original Lyrics:
And then one day he was shootin' at some food
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come listen to the story
'Bout a man nemed Jed
The poor mountaineer
Barely kept his family's head
And then one day
He was shootin' at some gruel
And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel.
'Bout a man nemed Jed
The poor mountaineer
Barely kept his family's head
And then one day
He was shootin' at some gruel
And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel.
Original Lyrics:
Come and listen to my story
'Bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer,
Barely kept his family fed
. And then one day
He was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
'Bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer,
Barely kept his family fed
. And then one day
He was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
The theme song from "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come listen to the story
'Bout a man nemed Jed
The poor mountaineer
Barely kept his family's head
And then one day
He was shootin' at some gruel
And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel.
'Bout a man nemed Jed
The poor mountaineer
Barely kept his family's head
And then one day
He was shootin' at some gruel
And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel.
Original Lyrics:
Come and listen to my story
'Bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer,
Barely kept his family fed
. And then one day
He was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
'Bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer,
Barely kept his family fed
. And then one day
He was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hillbilly that is.
Satisfaction
Take your shoes off!
Don't come back now, Jed!
Satisfaction
Take your shoes off!
Don't come back now, Jed!
Original Lyrics:
Hillbilly that is.
Set a spell
Take your shoes off!
Y'all come back now, y'hear?!
Set a spell
Take your shoes off!
Y'all come back now, y'hear?!
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
This lil' gallon o' tea
Original Lyrics:
This locality
From the "end theme" verse
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
You all come back in black next week in this old cavity.
Original Lyrics:
You're all invited back again to this locality.
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't come back now, ya hear?
Original Lyrics:
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Flatt & Scruggs', "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
He was shooting at the pool
Original Lyrics:
He was shooting at some food
Pool as in billiards.
Flatt and Scruggs', "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his ken
And they would like to thank you folks for kind of droppin' in.
And they would like to thank you folks for kind of droppin' in.
Original Lyrics:
Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
And they would like to thank you folks for kindly droppin' in.
And they would like to thank you folks for kindly droppin' in.
from the "closing theme" portion of the song
Flatt & Scruggs', "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, now it's time to say goodbye
To Jeff and all his kids
To Jeff and all his kids
Original Lyrics:
Well, now it's time to say goodbye
To Jed and all his kin
To Jed and all his kin
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