Hawkins Falls / Hawkins Falls, Pop. 6200

Skip To My Lou (traditional)

Original Air Dates: 1950, 1951 - 1955 (NBC)

VERSION 1
Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo, (3X)
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

CHORUS:  Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, (3X)
                    Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Cat's in the cream jar, ooh, ooh, ooh, (3X)
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.  CHORUS

Off to Texas, two by two, (3X)
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.  CHORUS

VERSION 2
Lost my partner, what'll I do? (3X)
Skip to my lou, my darlin'.  CHORUS

I'll get another one prettier than you, (3X)
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'  CHORUS

Can't get a red bird, jay bird'll do, (3X)
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.  CHORUS