Ray Stevens - Miss squirrel revival

^CWell when I was a kid I'd take a trip ^DEvery summer down to Mississipp' ^FTo visit my granny and her ^Gantebellum ^Cworld ^CI'd run barefooted all day long ^DClimbin' trees free as a song ^FOne day I happened to ^Gcatch myself a ^Csquirrel ^FWell I stuffed him down in an old shoe box ^CAnd punched a couple of holes in the top ^DAnd when sunday came I snuck him into ^Gchurch ^CI was sittin' way back in the very last pew ^DShowin' him to my good buddy hugh ^FWhen that squirrel got loose and ^Gwent totally ^Cberserk ^AmWell what happened next is hard to tell ^AmSome thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell ^AmBut the fact that something was among us was plain to see ^AmAs the choir sang "I surrender all" ^AmThe squirrel ran up Harve Newman's cover-alls ^AmAnd Harve leaped to his feet and said ^Am"Something's got a hold on ^Gme" YEOW!!

The day the s^Cquirrel went berserk ^DIn the First Self Righteous Church ^FIn that sleepy little ^Gtown of Pasta^Cgoola (Pastagoola) ^CIt was a fight for survival ^DThat broke out in revival ^FThey were jumpin' pews and ^Gshoutin' halle^Clujah (halleluja)

^CWell Harve hit the aisles a-dancin' and screamin' ^DSome thought he had religion others thought he had a demon ^FAnd Harve thought he had a weed ^Geater loose in his ^C fruit of the looms ^CHe fell to his knees to plead and beg ^DAnd the squirrel ran out of his britches leg ^FUnobserved to the ^Gother side of the ^Croom ^FAll the way down to the Amen pew ^CWhere sat Sister Bertha-Better-Than-You ^DWho'd been watching all the commotion with sadistic ^Gglee ^CWell you should'a seen the look in her eyes ^DWhen that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs ^FShe jumped to her feet and said "^GLord have mercy on ^Cme" ^AmAs the squirrel made laps inside her dress ^AmShe began to cry and then to confess ^AmTo sins that would make a sailor blush with shame ^AmShe told of gossip and church disention ^AmBut the thing that got the most attention ^AmWas when she talked about her love life ^AmAnd then she started namin' ^Gnames

^CWell seven deacons and the pastor got saved ^DAnd twenty five thousand dollars got raised ^FAnd fifty volunteered for ^Gmissions in the ^CCongo - on the spot ^CAnd even without an invitation ^DThere were at least five hundred re-dedications F G C

^FNow you've heard the Bible story I guess ^CHow he parted the waters for Moses to pass ^DOh the miracles God has wrought in this old ^Gworld ^CBut the one I'll remember 'til my dying day ^DIs how he put that church back on the narrow way ^FWith a half crazed ^GMississippi ^Csquirrel