Cottontail Lyrics

Lambert Hendricks & Ross Cottontail

Way back in my childhood,
I heard a story so true
of a funny bunny stealin' some food from a garden he knew.

His mamma got worried
She told the bunny one day
That (?) farmer, heed what I say or he'll blow you away.

(Oh..) He knew his mamma is right.
So why don't he do what she say?
Maybe he just don't dig it
(? ? ? ?) .. cause he's a rabbit.

Count the crop, (better stop?)
You better stop and hop away.

Out of the garden where carrots are dense, I found a hole in the fence.
Every mornin' when things are still, crawl through the hole and eat my fill.

The other rabbits they (?) but maybe their wrong so who cares? I'm a (?) rabbit. Yeah I gotta (care?) what happens.

[Count the crop] Yeah everyday I'm tryin' to avoid it.
[Count the crop] What do I do, I know that I'm enjoyin' it.
[Jack stop] I'm beggin'(?)
All the time I'm headin' for the garden.

Wee everything is sweet and the farmer's nappin'
Every little carrot is (?) delight
and I keep forgetten' that the day is (?)

So one day when I was (?) that farmer with a (?) came at me with a big shot gun, and did I runnn!

I went as swiftly as I could.
Yeah straight from the (?) without a second to spare I could hear the bullets flyin' through the air.

Now here's what mamma told me, mamma knew she would scold me.
(? ? ? ?)
(? ? ? ?) .. stealin'.

The farmer he really had sense.
He blocked up the hole in the fence.
I was runnin' madly through the garden looking for a hole to crawl in.

Hey, hey. You pick up what I say?
Hot head rabbit, if you keep your habit. Your mamma told ya when you hop, that if you stop you count the crop.

He gets (salty?) and gun for you because carrots and you make a real good stew.

Finally got you on the run so you better find a quiet little corner where the farmer never comes. You got plenty patches so you snuggle in between them, dig what I mean (???) ..

Run ya rabbit run. Now you had your fun. Run before you feel the shot gun, run on, run.

Well now while you're in a panic you're forgettin' the garden gate. All you got to do around is lay around and wait. Right now the farmer thinks he gotcha. He really is itchin' to see your fate.

Don't ya (mean?) it? By the hole in the fence? You can mean it, it's a natural sense.

(While .. ??? )
Keep on runnin' till you out of that gate.

Now the farmer (?) to death.
He never figured he was out gunin'.
Better (???)
You're gonna need it if you're out runnin'.

You may now remember what you're mom told ya.
(? ? ? ? ? ?)
So here's the gate better be ready to (?)
And when you do, you show the man your tail.

[Wi Woo] Hurry up better change your plan.
[Wi Woo] Better run from the farmer man.
[Wi Woo] Ooo you best be makin' tracks.
[Wi Woo] All (???) pesky hare.
[Wi Woo] Head for home.
[Wi Woo] Show him your tail
[Wi Woo]
Weee [Wi Woo, wi woo, wi woo] (??)

Now you're goin' home to mommsy and poppsi, and your little brothers Flopsie and Mopsie.
Now you're gonna do what mommy intended. Now you know your carrot stealin' has ended.

I've heard the old story
One rabbit's foot will bring luck.
But they're much more lucky, lucky if that rabbit's attached.