Sheriff of Boone County
As sung by Kenny Price
Thanx and a tip of the silverbelly hat to Oldtimer
who sent me the track, and to all the COWPIE fans who remember Kenny
Price.
Chorus:
(I) I donât take no lip and this (IV) cannon on my hip,
(I) Let me tell you boy, it ainât no (V) toy.
(I) I wear a hat just like a Mountie, Iâm the (IV) SHERIFF OF BOONE
COUNTY,
(I) Let me tell you, boy, youâre in a (V) heap of (I) trouble.
Now if you try to push your Caddie from Nashville to Cincinnati
You have to come across the Boone County line.
Well if you aim on passinâ through youâd better mind your pâs and qâs
ÎCause this stretch of interstate, boy, is mine.
Well you might outrun my old Chevrolet but you canât outrun my old
two-way.
Leon waitinâ at the station to hear from me.
Youâre gonna be a-wishinâ I was leadinâ that expedition
ÎCause Iâll chase you all the way back to Tennessee.
Chorus:
I donât take no lip and this cannon on my hip,
Let me tell you boy, it ainât no toy.
I wear a hat just like a Mountie, Iâm the SHERIFF OF BOONE COUNTY,
By the way, youâre in a heap of trouble, boy.
So far I guess you been lucky but now youâre in Boone County, Kentucky.
I donât know how things are in Tennessee.
Iâm the roughest you ever saw, around here Iâm the law
And itâs been that way since nineteen forty-three.
Chorus:
I donât take no lip and this cannon on my hip,
Let me tell you boy, it ainât no toy.
I wear a hat just like a Mountie, Iâm the SHERIFF OF BOONE COUNTY,
By the way, youâre in a heap of trouble, boy.
(Spoken ad lib) I run the grocery store down there and I pump the gas
and Iâm the dogcatcher too, yeah. The judge, thatâs me, put up your bond
for you if you like, and if you happen to wreck your car on the way to
the
courthouse·.
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