Richard Thompson – Dont Sit On My Jimmy Shands (Guitar)

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When the party hit full swing I saw you come reeling in

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You had that six-pack in a stranglehold

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Now you stagger, now you sway why don't you fall the other way

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Cause I've got something here worth more than gold

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I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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They don't mend with sticky tape and glue

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Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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And that's my very best advice to you"

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Call me precious, I don't mind 78s are hard to find

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You just can't get the shellac since the war

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This one's the Beltona brand, finest label in the land

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They don't make them like that anymore

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I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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Unless you want to wind up black and blue

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Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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And that's my very best advice to you"

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Darling though you're twice my size, I don't mean to patronize

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Honey let me lead you by the hand

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Find a lap or find a chair, you can park it anywhere

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Just don't rest your cheeks against my man

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I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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They don't mend with sticky tape and glue

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Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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And that's my very best advice to you"

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No shindig is half complete without that famous polka beat

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That's why they invite me, I suppose

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Waltzes, strathspeys, eights, some reels, now you know how good it feels

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Crank that handle babe, away she goes

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I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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Unless you want to wind up black and blue"

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"Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands, don't sit on my Jimmy Shands

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And that's my very best advice to you"