Music: Re: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Halloween for Grownups

Jim also introduced me to my first 'blues' song.

'16 Little Red Noses and a Horse That Sweats' is damn funny and a good blues song to boot.

Clint

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Subject: Re: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Halloween for Grownups

He also did the classic "I dont like Spiders and Snakes". Fun song, kewl wah wah guitar part.

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From: Cfh <cfhiebert@sasktel.net>
Subject: Re: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Halloween for Grownups
To: Classic_Rock_Forever@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 7:56 AM

Swamp Witch is a classic. I'm pretty sure it was on a K-Tel record that we had as kids. Spooky sounding song. I had no idea who Jim Stafford was at the time, especially that he was more of a comedian when it came to his song style.

Clint

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"Swamp Witch" - Jim Stafford

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The fact that the lyrics are spoken rather than sung makes for an especially eerie effect. This one gave me chills when I first heard it 30+ years ago. It still does.
Blackwater Hattie lived back in the swamp
where the strange green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees
like sausage on a smokehouse wall;
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes
and all of 'em watchin' you;
Stay off the track of Hattie's shack
in the back of the Black Bayou.