Well, a way down on the Candy Creek I whittled out a fiddle a wagon seat I tuned my and I rubbed my bow Play a little wherever I go
Sleepy-eyed John, you better britches on Sleepy-eyed John, you tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you get your britches on Try to get to 'fore the devil gets to you
Well, sleepy-eyed John he a goose The goose she clucked but she couldn't get Said to the goose, "If you don't be still miss our supper down in Candy ville"
Sleepy-eyed John, you your britches on Sleepy-eyed John, you tie your shoe John, you better get your britches on Try to get to heaven the devil gets to you
sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg The leg was nothing but a little wooden peg With one shoe off and one on do the double shuffle 'till the cows come home
Sleepy-eyed John, you better britches on Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your Sleepy-eyed John, you get your britches on Try to get to 'fore the devil gets to you
Now I got twenty dollars for to build a I took my and I ain't worked since Sold my buggy and I my plow I take a dollar for my journey now
Sleepy-eyed John, you your britches on John, you better tie your shoe Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your on Try to get to 'fore the devil gets to you
Well the hickory and down the pine The raccoon and the old hound whined John said, "Sic 'em" and the left They Green River in a minute and a half
John, you better your britches on Sleepy-eyed John, you better tie your Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your on Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil to you