Dooley Written by Mitch Jayne and Rodney Dillard (Men OnlyWomen Only)
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Dooley was a good old man he lived below the mill
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Dooley had two daughters and a 40 gallon still
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One gal watched the boiler the other watched the spout
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Momma corked the bottles and old Dooley fetched them out
G C Dooleyslipping up the holler - Dooleytrying to make a dollar G D7 GDooleygimmee a swaller and I'll pay you back someday
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The revenuers came for him a-slipping through the woods
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Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods
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Dooley was a trader when into town he come
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He’d buy sugar by the bushel and molasses by the drum
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I remember very well the day old Dooley died
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The women folk felt sorry and the men stood round and cried
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Now Dooley's on the mountain he lies there all alone
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They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone