Unreleased Songs

The Dillards Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Dooley

Lyricist:Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne

Dooley was a good old man
He lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters
And a forty-gallon still

One gal watched the boiler
The other watched the spout
And mama corked the bottles
And old Dooley fetched 'em out

Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley give me a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday

The revenuers came for him
A-slippin' though the woods
Dooley kept behind them all
And never lost his goods

Dooley was a trader
When into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel
And molasses by the ton

Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday

I remember very well
The day old Dooley died
The women folk weren't sorry
And the men stood 'round and cried

Now Dooley's on the mountain
He lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him
And a barrel for his stone

Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday
And I'll pay you back someday


2.Lemon Chimes

The October leaves
They whisper in lemon chimes
And ring autumn's bells
That glisten in colors rhymes

And sings simple songs of love
That echo from other times
They write no words between the lines

The cloud ships that soar
And raise high above the shore
Upon sails of fire
To sunset's cathedral doors

Not to die with the day that's past
Or to cry for what's past before
They follow the sun for one day more

When yesterday's clown
Who weeps when the curtains down
Sees the circus has gone
And tomorrow's another town

Your kingdoms will have no rings
To wear all your paper crowns
You'll fall but my ear will hear no sound

Tomorrow I'm gone
I'll leave you alone with your fears
I'd rather move on
And you'd rather hide behind tears

You cry in the starlit nears
But you run when the rainbow appears
So we'll walk other days our separate ways


3.The Biggest Whatever

It got Old Joe Wiggins while returnin' a fruit jar
Out to Bessiemae Hootin's pa's place
About a mile out of town on the West Plains Road
He disappeared without a trace

They discovered his teeth when the County Police
Made an investigation of the case
And Cousin Belle Simmons said that Sheriff Cartwright
Had the strangest look on his face

It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw
It was covered with fur and come a-rollin' in from Arkansas
It was 40 feet high, had a gleam in its eye
And a big purple patch on its craw
It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw

I saw old man Huntsel, he's a hundred and four
Yesterday at Ida Jaffet's house
Said it's much bigger now than when it carried off my cow
But it's not enough to worry about

Back before the war there were a whole lot more
But they never came this far south
I don't mind seein' one from time to time
But I hope it's not its regular route

It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw
It was covered with fur and come a-rollin' in from Arkansas
It was 40 feet high, had a gleam in its eye
And a big purple patch on its craw
It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw