Jeff Canady Lyrics - Eddy Arnold

JEFF CANADY 

(Danny Dill) 

'63 Cedarwood Publishing 

Hurry hurry children you better get a runnin' 

Jeff Canady's comin' and he eats little youngin's 

His wife is a witch and Jeff can switch 

From a snake To a frog or an old mad dog 

So you better leave him alone 

My sister was a backward child she never walked a step 

She crawled around the old home place and always needed help 

At eight years old she never walked and never went to school 

The teacher said she couldn't help she'd grow to be a fool 

We took her to a fine surgeon he said dear folks I dread 

The body's strong but her mind won't go it's something in her head 

Now there was a bum who walked around way back in those days 

And momma would say we'd better be good or he'd take us kids away 

Hurry hurry children you better get a runnin'... 

We sheltered Sis from snakes and frogs and when the mad dogs came 

But the one thing that she feared the most was old Jeff Canady's name 

One day old Jeff came down the road when sister played alone 

She screamed and squirmed and then decided she was there alone 

She jumped and ran to momma's arms as Jeff went on his way 

But thank the Lord my sister walks until this very day 

Guess old Jeff is walking yet down heavens lonesome mile 

But beneath his beard I swear I bet he wears a great big smile 

Hurry hurry children you better get a runnin'...