You know,
Chester Adkins
usually just sits over in the corner
on a chair
and kinda strums on the guitar,
just flim flams the daylights out of it
every once in a while.
He's been a little different now,
he's gonna sing for you,
and, well, Helen and Anita's
helping him
just a little bit here
along with this tune, one called
Under the Hickory Nut Tree.
I asked my love to marry me,
under the hickory nut tree,
there she sat upon his knee.
I said to myself, I know she'll agree,
but suddenly she pounced on me,
under the hickory
And they were married right
there on the spot,
under the hickory nut tree.
I said to myself, what a bargain I got,
but he soon found out
he got cheated a lot.
For ten minutes later,
my head wore a knot
Under the hickory nut tree
She beat me, she banged me,
in the head with a rock
Under the hickory nut tree
She told everybody she loved him a lot
Ten years later, just look what he's got
A dozen children and no place to start
But under the hickory nut tree
I died of heart failure and they buried me
Under the hickory nut tree
He thought at last some
peace he would see
But there sits his wife
on another man's knee
A -talkin' of love and a -sittin' on me
Under the hickory nut tree
Oh, mighty, mighty fine, kids, mighty fine.