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Artist: Barbecue Bob
Canonical path: /barbecue-bob/black-skunk-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Black Skunk Blues
Read Black Skunk Blues lyrics by Barbecue Bob on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Black Skunk Blues
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I caught a pretty little animal : it was striped black
and white
What it done to me : spoiled me the rest of my life
I thought it was a squirrel : I took him into my camp
When I put him down : all my clothes was damp
All the people around me : they give me plenty of air
It was so doggone strong : I sniffled it everywhere
I never smelled a smell : that smelled so doggone bad
It was the worst old smell : baby I ever had
I jumped into the water : I scrubbed scrubbed scrubbed
scrubbed
But I smelled stronger : baby the harder I rubbed
It was a doggone polecat : and he [sure] ain't no friend
of mine
He as pretty as a white dog : but he ain't worth a
doggone dime
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Barbecue Bob performs "Black Skunk Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Barbecue Bob catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 'Fo Day Creep and Barbecue Blues with a short reason for opening each page next.
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