Okay, have the lyrics if anyone still cares...This is the way my grandpa sang it. E-mail me if you want his audio and I will send it.
wade.covington@gmail.com
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In the spring of 1862, twelve miles from Omaha
I met three ladies and a preacherman on their way to Wichitaw
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They were riding a camel on a big side saddle, gettin high on the baby ruth
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I heard 'em say as they rode away, we're searching for the truth
Does a chicken have lips?
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Does a rattlesnake have hips?
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Can a elephant make a living
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Blowing bubbles through his nose
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If a blind man can stare
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Can a bald man comb his hair?
Well just blow in his ear,
And he'll follow you anywhere
When they got to Salt Lake City,
That dust was pourin down
Three ladies and a reverend on a camel back,
Rode up to that town
Stopped in down town, Utah
broke a seal on a tube of glue
I heard one say as she sniffed away
We're searchin for the truth
Does a chicken have lips?
Does a rattlesnake have hips?
Can a elephant make a living
Blowing bubbles through his nose
If your boyfriend grows hair
And starts sleeping in your chair
Just blow in his ear
and he'll follow you anywhere
[spoken]
Told you it's crazy before I started
I don't understand it at all
By the time they got to Wichitaw
That camel was about to break
Atop him rode an elephant, a chicken and a big ole snake
Two kangaroos a **** a doodle doo and a case of baby ruth
I heard em say as they rode away
we're still searching for the truth
Does a chicken have lips?
Does a rattlesnake have hips?
Can a elephant make a living
Blowing bubbles through his nose
If you have burlap underwear
Your complexion won't be fair
Just blow in his ear
and he'll follow you anywhere
[spoken]
Bothers me everytime I sing this song
Don't even know what they're searching for
Don't know if they found it or not
Ain't that like a damn preacher though?
Three ladies on a camel
Probably beggin for money all the way along the way, I don't know
What about that poor camel
Wonder if they ever give him any water?
They say they go a long time without water
Store it in that hump up there
Them women probably taking turns jumpin up and down on that hump
Wonder how they got up on that camel in the first place?
Probably just blew in his ear and hopped up on the damn thing and away they went
Boy I wish I hadn't sang this song
I'll worry about that all night long
Well hell, let's just forget it