Taters Up
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
 
Old Sandy grabbed a woman who made the tater pie
Danced with her on Sunday, on Monday told a lie
Said he'd be back in a week but he never was
Had to go to Texas and on his chin grow fuzz
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
 
Now Billy was a bad man and robbed the local bank
Miss Eileen cried about it and said her boat had sank
The sheriff found old Billy and got the money back
Eileen got her savings and put it in a sack
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
 
Micah had a pistol and practiced shooting straight
Carried it around the town and when he played cards late
When his wife got wind of this she popped him on the head
Said "Boy you'd best be careful fore I shoot you dead."
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
 
Now when you see the cowboy clear a path for him
Cause ridin out amongst the cow makes his eyesight dim
Put a bottle in his hand in some dark saloon
he'll see twenty twenty while howlin' at the moon
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
 
A cowboys' life is something others think is grand
But he don't fall off his horse with a background band
That isn't news to him or her when they greet the dawn
Cause even after eating dirt they'll smile and ride on
 
Taters up taters down put your heel into the ground
Taters up taters down take my place and hang around
©Steve Dirksen