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Artist: Porter Wagoner
Canonical path: /porter-wagoner/you-gotta-have-a-license
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You Gotta Have A License
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You Gotta Have A License
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Me and brother Bill was goin' a fishin' down to the river one day
Had a can of worms and a willer pole a big can of minners and a lot of sourdough
The fish were a bitin' we're gonna have fun
Then the big man come said I'm a game warden chases me and brother Bill away
We take 'em out of sack and throw them all back the big man him did say
Well you gotta have a license gotta have a license
We asked him why he replied cause you gotta have a license
Well I'm drivin' down the open highway passin' up highway patrolman
Let me go right along and I'd-a no do wrong trees go by me think I'm a flyin'
I sing a little song and I have lotta fun
Then before I know whistle blow a big man rolled my way
He pullin' down and I'm hit the ground
Shakin' so cause I have to know the big man him do say
Well you gotta have a license gotta have a license
I asked him why he replied cause you gotta have a license
Well I got a little gal her name Emilou she makin' me feel a funny
I love that gal with a big lotta noise she gave me kiss she given no joy
Me pretty young and I wanna lotta fun
But she tell me no watch my step she don't wanna be too gay
She said don't I told you a lot of big times the little gal she did say
Well we gotta have a license gotta have a license
I asked her why she repied cause you gotta have a license
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