Story Behind The Song
I met a guy named Danny who told me how he used to have to pick a switch to get spanked. A couple of weeks later, I met another guy named Danny, a thousand miles away from the other one. who told a similar story! So I said, "It sounds like a song to me
Song Description
Discipline the way it used to be - with a
swat on the behind.
Song Length |
2:40 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Folk - Contemporary |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Serene, Tranquil |
Subject |
Judgement, General |
Similar Artists |
Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
Era |
1940 - 1949 |
| |
Lyrics
SWITCH FROM THE WILLOW TREE
c. 1995 Words and Music by
Antionette B. Kimball
10 Never Bend Drive,
Ocala, FL 34482
352-861-4934
akimball2@cfl.rr.com
1.
When I was young and I did wrong,
Not much time passed, not very long,
My father would say to me,
?Go an? pick me a switch from the willow tree.?
?. Gonna pick a ?..(chorus)
CHORUS
????.switch, from the willow tree.
Gonna pick a switch, switch, from the willow tree.
Gonna pick a switch, switch, switch, from the willow tree,
Gonna pick one just right for me.
2.
He said to me, ?I?m sorry, son,
But I gotta give you a few on the bun.?
And it made me grow straight and strong,
And it helped me to learn what is right from wrong,
?.I had to pick a ????(chorus)
3.
My dad?s been gone for a long time now,
With my own kids I don?t know how,
Sometimes they get the best of me,
And I wish they had a willow tree,
?..So they could pick a ?.(chorus)
Finale:
(fade)?.Switch?..Switch?.Switch?..)
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