Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus 1
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Gotta get her outta there.
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Interlude
Verse 1
One night mama went to fetch us up a sweet potato;
Fell down the cellar stairs.
Stork dropped in while she was on the floor,
So my sister was born down there.
Bridge 1
Daddy says this'n will be nothin' but a misery;
Never will be worth a damn.
But mama just loved her little sweet, Potato baby,
With a face like a parboiled yam.
Chorus 2
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Gotta get her outta there.
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Interlude
Verse 2
Potato grew up to be as pretty as a peach,
In her calico and honey yellow curls.
Went to he apple cider ball at the arm'ry,
With all the other ripe and ready girls.
Bridge 2
Sheriff Dan Pike picked Po-tato for the polka,
But she spurned him with a fiddle de-dee.
And be-fore she could turn around,
And find another partner; Sheriff took her into custo-dy.
Chorus 3
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Gotta get her outta there.
Come on boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Verse 3
Mama'n' daddy put together quite a little posse,
Countin' me and Jack and cousin Will.
We all hopped into the old Chevy pickup,
And we caught 'em at the top of the hill.
Bridge 3
Daddy took his Remington and shot away the lock,
For to set his little darlin' free.
But Po-tato said: "Daddy, shut the gol-dern door;
Sheriff wants to marry me!"
Chorus 4
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Guess we better leave her there.
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it just ain't fair.
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Guess we better leave her there.
Let's go boys, Potato's in the paddy wagon;
Mama says it's more than fair,
Mama says it's more...than fair!
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