Grandpa Jones — The Huntins Over For Tonight

[Chorus] Charlie hollered: "Come on boys, get out of here, I've just seen an awful sight!" Put out the fire, and call in the dogs The huntin's over for tonight" [Verse 1] One bright night, way last fall Charlie and a coupla the friends Come by the house and say get your dogs Let's go a-huntin' again Get my dogs, well I reckon so I called out Bob and Bill We'll build a fire at the edge of the woods They'll strike at the bottom of the hill We was warmin' our hands, and tellin' tales When heck broke loose in the holler Ole Bob's got a coon as big as a mule I'll bet anybody a dollar When I got to the tree, I shined a light It was awful dark up there When the light hit the limb where the coon oughta be There sat a big Grizzly Bear [Chorus] Charlie hollered: "Come on boys, get out of here, I've just seen an awful sight!" Put out the fire, and call in the dogs The huntin's over for tonight" [Verse 2] Old Bob and Bill treed one night As we sat by the fire a-talkin' Charlie said boys thats sure a coon C'mon lets get to walkin' The dogs were treed in a big white oak When I got there with a lantern Charlie come along with his old shotgun It must've been as a cannon He spied the coon and powdered his gun I guess it was heavy loaded With a roar of the old gun belched a flame To tell you the truth it exploded The barrel went right The stock went left It tore the woods asunder It kicked old Charlie in the middle of the creek With a boom that was worse than thunder [Chorus] Charlie hollered: "Come on boys, get out of here, this gun's not a-shootin' right!" Put out the fire, and call in the dogs The huntin's over for tonight" [Verse 3] We were sittin' one night in Johnson's wood Whittlin' with our knives Tellin' tales and braggin' some We got to discussin' our wives "I tell me wife just what to do!" Charlie said with pride "I wear the britches around my house!" Of course, we knew he lied "My wife she knows that I'm the boss" A noise in the leaves back there Made us all turn around there was Charlie's wife Some matches tearin' her hair She grabbed a sapling and made one "Warp!" And off went Charlie's ear We'd broke and run with Charlie in the lead She was worse than a Grizzly Bear [Chorus] Charlie hollered: "Come on boys, get out of here, there's gonna be an awful fight!" Put out the fire, and call in the dogs The huntin's over for tonight Put out the fire, and call in the dogs The huntin's over for tonight"