Bing Crosby : Feudin' And Fightin' (1947 )

Lyrics:

Beyond the busy highway,
Beyond the city strife,
We highly treasure and take great pleasure
In our plain way of life.

Feudin' a fussin' and a-fightin,'
Sometimes it gets down right excitin,'
Don't like them ornery
neighbors down by the creek,
Well, we'll be plumb out of neighbors next week.
Grandma, poor ol' grandma,
Why'd they have to shoot poor grandma.
She lies 'neath the clover
Seems they caught her bendin' over
A reachin' for the money.

Feduin' a fussin' and a-fightin'
This is a wrong that needs a rightin,'
Let's get that funeral service over
So then we'll go feudin' and fightin' again.

Feudin' and fightin' and a-fussin,'
That's all that's goin' on with us'n.
We are such neighborly people peaceful and sweet,
All except when we happen to meet.
Daughter, baby daughter,
Poisened all the neighbors chickens.
Daughter shouldn't oughter
At least 'till she could run like the dickens.
They caught her at the cross-roads!
Feudin' and fightin' and a-fussin'
No use a-standin' here a-cussin,'
Let's give our daughter a
pistol now that she's four
And go feudin' and fightin' some more.

Ah, fightin' and a feudin' and a fussin'
What did that stranger want with usin ?
He was a revenu agent, yep he was until
The boys had to hide him in the still

Liquor, mountain liquor
It's better now, it kicks you much quicker
Moonshine, mountain moonshine
Has a glow that gets you much thicker
We serve it with a clothes bud

Feudin' a fussin' and a fightin'
This ain't no place to be polite in
A load up my double-barrel shotgun
I'm gettin the yen to go feudin' and a fussin'
A feudin' and a fightin'
A feudin' and a fussin'
Again !

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[spannerworks1]

Bing is one of my favourite singers and I have a few of his early LPs

Great song

Regards

Richard

[manhatin]

Crosby is one of those rare birds whose voice only sounds like him. Totally unique.

[umajunkcollector]

I'm not much of a Bing fan, but I sure got a kick from this one!

[owlydog]

I like Bing this tune is funny never heard this one.. it's a keeper for me

[manhatin]

It is a ton of fun.

[manhatin]

In the early days of his career, Bing did a wide variety of styles.

[lawyerguy1961]

We have an earlier version of this song on a Victrola album by another artist. I LOVE it. Thanks for the post!!

[serpentinecreature]

Thanks for bringing this back!!

[doris780]

Nice to hear this again- thanks!

[TheFrontrowkid]

Bing did many country pop tunes like this one. He started with Walkin the Floor Over You in 1941, Don't know the name of the group with him on the record but I think it was Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, whom he used on his radio show.

[manhatin]

No, it's a 1965.

[spannerworks1]

I agree

Regards

Richard