Roosevelt And Ira Lee Lyrics - Deep Cuts - Tony Joe White

This is about two cats 

They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps 

They're sittin' down on the logs 

One of them is kind of a big fellow 

And the other one is a little bit smaller 

And he's got a long billed cap 

And they're sittin' there ponderin' 

On what they're gonna do for the night 

And anything the big guy decides 

On the little guy's for 

'Cause he digs him, he's cool 

So it's called Roosevelt and Ira Lee 

The river was dark and muddy 

And the moon was on the rise 

And all of the creatures in the swampland 

Had woke up to feed for the night 

Roosevelt and Ira Lee, huh, were sittin' there on a log 

Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said 

I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog 

He said, yeah, yeah, lawd, sure would taste good 

So they slipped on their rubber boots 

And walked down to the water's edge 

And right away they knew 

That the night would be a bummer 

'Cause Ira Lee stepped 

On a water mossacin 

He said, uh, uh, lawd 

Somebody help me 

Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt 

When he quit his screamin' and kickin' 

And he said, let's forget about the bullfrog legs 

And go out and steal us some chickens 

And Ol' Roosevelt said like this now 

Yeah, yeah, ooh, it sure would taste good 

Yes it would, I love a chicken 

Oh, the river was dark and muddy, yeah