Brown-Eyed Women

Gone are the days when the ox fall down
Take up the yoke and plow the fields around
Gone are the days when the ladies said "please
Gentle Jack Jones won't you come to me"

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Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down
And it looks like the old man's getting on

Nineteen twenty when he stepped to the bar
Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar
Nineteen thirty when the Wall caved in
He made his way selling red-eyed gin

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Delilah Jones was the mother of twins
Two times over and the rest were sins
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad
Didn't get the lickings that the other ones had

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Tumble-down shack in Big Foot County
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in
Delilah Jones went to meet her God
And the old man never was the same again

Daddy made whiskey and he made it well
Cost two dollars and it burned like hell
I cut hickory just to fire the still
Drink down a bottle and you're ready to kill

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Gone are the days when the ox fall down
Take up the yoke and plow the fields around
Gone are the days when the ladies said "please
Gently Jack Jones won't you come to me"

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1. In at least one early performance, Jerry sang "when the ox broke down" instead of "when the ox fall down."

2. In at least one early performance, Jerry sang "three times over" instead of "two times over."

3. In at least one early performance, Jerry sang "Thirteen children, only I turned bad" instead of "Raised eight boys, only I turned bad."

4. On at least one occasion, Jerry sang "Cost five dollars" instead of "Cost two dollars."

5. In early performances, Jerry sang "Drink two drinks and you're fit to kill" instead of "Drink down a bottle and you're ready to kill."