Redheaded peckerwood sittin’ on a limb
Ma said chicken but Nellie gothim
Wrung his neck and picked him clean
Funniest chicken I’ve ever seen

Hey Barefoot Nellie
Ho Barefoot Nellie
Hey Barefoot Nellie
You’re the one for me

Peg-leg hog walkin’ in the lot
Make three tracks and just one dot
Nellie say who you think I am
That hog’s missing about one ham

Nellie went to town one day
Ridin’ on a load of hay
Sold a man a trip to Mars
Now she sits behind the bars

Nellie put on her Sunday dress
Thought that it would look the best
Made out of an old feed sack
Hog feed wrote right on the back

Nellie’s got a pair of shoes
And she can wear them if she’ll choose
So why the heck’s she got the blues
Who wants to wear size twenty-two

[1] Redheaded peckerwood sittin’ on a limb
[4] Ma said chicken but Nellie gothim
[5] Wrung his neck and picked him clean
[1] Funniest chicken I’ve ever seen

[1] Hey Barefoot Nellie
[4] Ho Barefoot Nellie
[5] Hey Barefoot Nellie
You’re the one for [1] me

Peg-leg hog walkin’ in the lot
Make three tracks and just one dot
Nellie say who you think I am
That hog’s missing about one ham

Nellie went to town one day
Ridin’ on a load of hay
Sold a man a trip to Mars
Now she sits behind the bars

Nellie put on her Sunday dress
Thought that it would look the best
Made out of an old feed sack
Hog feed wrote right on the back

Nellie’s got a pair of shoes
And she can wear them if she’ll choose
So why the heck’s she got the blues
Who wants to wear size twenty-two