Ko-ko Joe Lyrics - The Essential Jerry Reed - Jerry Reed

(Ko-ko Joe) 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Go ahead home 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Up in Appaloosa county 

There's a place called Ko-ko Ridge 

Sittin' right on the bend 

On the Etowah River 

Where the water washed away the bridge 

Cotton Mouth Country 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

A river rat's knee high 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Way up around the back border 

Lived a man 

That the river folks talked about 

They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe 

'Cause he's cause he's crazy no account 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

The folks despised him 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

He was an awfully peculiar man 

The river was his only friend 

And the folks didn't understand 

The man called Ko-ko Joe 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes 

He drunk a brew called Mo-jo Claw 

That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps 

On the banks of the Etowah 

Made him walk a little funny 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Made his breath smell funky 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Well he never come across the river 

'Cause the folks didn't like him in town 

They said his hair was long 

His clothes were dirty 

They didn't want him hangin' around 

Ko-ko Joe 

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

The folks despised him 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

He was an awfully peculiar man 

The river was his only friend 

And the folks didn't understand 

The man called Ko-ko Joe 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Well it happened a year ago Sunday 

And they still talk about it today 

How the dam broke loose 

On the Etowah River 

Nearly washin' everybody away 

The river water rising 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Washin' up all the bushes 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Well the headlines said 

How a mother said, my son woulda lost his life 

But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River 

By the man y'all despised 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

The folks despised him 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

So be careful what you say, my friend 

About folks you don't understand 

Someday you might need a man like Ko-ko Joe 

Go ahead home son 

(Ko-ko Joe) 

Ko-ko Joe 

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

The folks despised him (Ko-ko Joe)