Jerry Reed – Ko-Ko Joe (Guitar)

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          (Ko Ko Joe)    (Ko Ko Joe)   Son  (Ko Ko Joe)

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Well Up in Appaloosa county 

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There's a place called Ko ko Ridge

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Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River

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Where the water washed away the bridge

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Cotton Mouth Country  (Ko ko Joe)

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A river rat's knee high  (Ko ko Joe)

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Way up around the back border Lived a man 

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That the river folks talked about

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They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe 

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'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe)

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Ko-ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat

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The folks despised him   (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)

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Ko-ko Joe  He was an awfully peculiar man

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The river was his only friend

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And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe

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He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw

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That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps 

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On the banks of the Etowah

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Made him walk a little funny  (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)

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Made his breath smell funky  (Ko ko Joe)

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Well he never come across the river 

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They said his hair was long  His clothes were dirty 

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They didn't want him hangin' around  (Ko ko Joe)

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Ko ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

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The folks despised him  (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)

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Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man

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And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe

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Well it happened a year ago Sunday 

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How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River

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Nearly washin' everybody away  Son

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The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes 

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But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River

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By the man y'all despised  (Ko ko Joe)

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Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat

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The folks despised him  (Ko ko Joe)

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Ko-ko Joe  So be careful what you say my friend

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About folks you don't understand

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Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe  (Ko ko Joe)  

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Go ahead home son   (Ko ko Joe)

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Ko-ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 

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The folks despised him