Tiger Whitehead
Ton : GEnglish
WildC blackberries bloomin' in the thicGkets on the mountain
SCheep shire and water cress are groGwin' round the fountain
Where a biCg black bear is drinkin' lappin' watGer like a dEmog
TigAer Whitehead's in the bed sleeDpin' like a loD7g.
But toCmorrow he'll see bear tracks sevGen inches wCide
And by sundGown he'll be briDngin' in the hiGde.
PGretty Sally GarCland comin' dowGn the mountain siCde
Where GTiger Whitehead's Dtryin' to nap a Gmill at the Dmill
She siGts down on a bearCskin and she saGys "You'll be my maCn
I'll have mGe the best bear hunDter in these hiGlls."
A wilGd child was TigCer Whitehead anGd they say he kilCled
Ninety-Gnine bears Dbefore he went to Grest went to Drest
Once he leGft two bear cubs orphaCned but he broGught 'em right on homCe
And Sally nuGrsed the two bear cuDbs upon her breGast. G7
WildC blackberries bloomin' in the thicGkets on the mountain
SCheep shire and water cress are groGwin' round the fountain
Where a biCg black bear is drinkin' lappin' watGer like a dEmog
TigAer Whitehead's in the bed sleeDpin' like a loD7g.
But toCmorrow he'll see bear tracks sevGen inches wCide
And by sundGown he'll be briDngin' in the hiGde.
TigGer now is eigChty-five and he laGy upon his bCed
And the beaGrs he killed now numDbered ninety-niGne ninety-niDne.
Some felGlers trapped the beCar but Tiger saiGd "Just let him goC
If hGe ain't running wiDld he won't be miGne."
But at the niEmght when the wind howls
CCross the hills of eastern TenneGssee
And whEmen the lightnin' flashes
There's the strange thing that the peoAple say they seDe :
An olCd grey headed ghost runnin' throGugh mountains theCre
It's Tiger WhitGehead after hiDs one hundredth beGar. G7
WilCd blackberries bloomin' in the thiGckets on the mountain
SCheep shire and water cress are groGwin' round the fountain
Where a biCg black bear is drinkin' lappin' waGter like a dEmog
TigAer Whitehead's in the bed sleDepin' like a loD7g.
But tomCorrow he'll see bear tracks seGven inches wiCde
And by sundGown he'll be briDngin' in the hiGde.