Mr. Charlie

Music By Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Words By Robert Hunter

Released November 1972

I take a little powder I take a little salt I put it in my shotgun And I go walking out Chooba chooba (chooba chooba) Wooly Bully (wooly bully) Looking high (looking high) Looking low (looking low) Gonna scare you up and shoot ya 'Cause Mister Charlie told me so I won't even take your life Won't even take a limb Just unload my shotgun And take a little skin Chooba chooba (chooba chooba) Wooly Bully (wooly bully) Looking high (looking high) Looking low (looking low) Gonna scare you up and shoot ya 'Cause Mister Charlie told me so Well you take a silver dollar Take a silver dime Mix it up together In some alligator wine I can hear the drums Voodoo all night long Mister Charlie telling me I can't do nothing wrong Chooba chooba (chooba chooba) Wooly Bully (wooly bully) Looking high (looking high) Looking low (looking low) Gonna scare you up and shoot ya 'Cause Mister Charlie told me so Mister Charlie told me Thought you'd like to know Give you a little warning Before I let you go Chooba chooba (chooba chooba) Wooly Bully (wooly bully) Looking high (looking high) Looking low (looking low) Gonna scare you up and shoot ya 'Cause Mister Charlie told me so Gonna scare you up and shoot you Mister Charlie told me, Mister Charlie told me so

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