big boy pete
the olympics
arvee records single 595
pop chart 50 may 960
don ‘sugarcane’ harris and dewey terry
also recorded by authors don and dewey for specialty records 659 was uncharted
piano
woo
the joint was a jumpin’ on the corner yeahyeah
down on a honky tonk street yeahyeah
when all of a sudden up drove a cadillac yeahyeah
and out stepped a cat named pete
diamonds ona every finger yeahyeah
wore a tailormade suit
he smoked a black cigar so what
he wore a stetson hat yeah
he wore a paira cowboy boots
he busted on through the doorway yeahyeah
bad asa he could be yeahyeah
he pulled out his pistol he turned around
he said ‘my name is a big boy pete’
the music stopped there wasn’t a sound
aover in the corner stooda bad man brown
brown smiled a grin he said ‘my friend’
‘you take your steps forward and i’m ‘onnaa clue you in’
now pete said ‘a look it here buddy’ yeahyeah
‘fore i tan your hide’ yeahyeah
i got a fortyfive to keep me alive
seven bullets on my side
brown pulled a knife he jumped on pete
they fought from the counter right on out to the street
they swung from north they swung from south
brown cut that black cigar right outta pete’s mouth
pete hit the ground he yelled and screamed
pete took his stetson hat and beat the scene
now if you’re ever down on the corner yeahyeah
down ona honky tonk street yeahyeah
don’t mess with brown yeahyeah
he’ll cut you down
take a message froma big boy pete
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fades
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Artist: The Olympics
Year: 1960
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 184