Lip Fever Lyrics

(Jimmy Driftwood)

When I was a hunter on the wild Buffalo
Down the White River a-courtin� I�d go
I�d find me a lassie on the Old Mississipp�
To ease a bad pain that I had in the lip

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Lip fever, lip fever, it�s a terrible thing
It eats on your liver and it gnaws on your brain
It causes a man and his money to part
And lip fever is worse when you have no sweetheart

When I was trader on the Old Rackensack
I courted a squaw and she courted me back
A brave drew his knife and I heard the chief say
He�s got the lip fever don�t fight him today

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It�s caused men to laugh and it�s caused men to cry
It�s caused men to live and it�s caused men to die
It�s caused some good women to act like a mule
Of many a wise man, it�s made him damn fool

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Oh, what would I give, if tonight I could go
Down the White River from the wild Buffalo
I�d give all my fortunes from travel and trade
To give the lip fever to another fair maid

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