Pig in a Pen

Arthur Smith

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                             C
I got a pig at home in a pen corn to feed ‘im on
G                                              D        G
All I need is a pretty little girl to feed ‘im when I’m gone.

Chorus

G
Going up the mountain to sow a little cane
G
Raise a barrel of whisky for my sweet lil’ Liza Jane.

Verse 2

G
Black cloud’s a-rising, surely signs of rain
G
Get the old blue bonnet on Little Liza Jane.

(Chorus)

Verse 3

G
Overs comes that gal of mine how you think I know
G
Tell by that summer gown-a hanging down so low

(Chorus)

Verse 4

G
Bake them biscuits baby bake ’em good n’ brown
G
When you get them biscuits baked I’m coming back around

(Chorus)

Verse 5

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When she sees me comin’ she wrings her hands and moans
G
Yonder comes the sweetest boy that ever lived or roamed.

(Chorus)

Verse 6

G
Now when she sees me leaving, she wrings her hands and cries
G
Yonder goes the meanest boy that ever lived or died.