A-sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed Lyrics - Singles - Little Jimmy Dickens

Did you ever sleep at the foot of the bed 

When the weather was a whizzin' cold? 

When the wind was a whistlin' round 

The house and the moon was yeller as gold 

You give your good warm mattress 

Up to aunt Lizzie and uncle Fred 

Too many kinfolks on a bad night 

So you went to the foot of the bed 

I could always wait till the old folks 

et an eat the leavin's with grace 

The teacher could keep me after school 

I'd still have a smile on my face 

I could wear the big boys worn out clothes 

And let sister have my sled 

But I'd always did get my nanny goat 

To sleep at the foot of the bed 

Was fine enough when the kinfolks come 

And the kids brought brand new games 

You could see how fat all the old folks 

Was and learn all the babies names 

Had biscuits and custard and chicken pie 

We all got Sunday fed 

But I'd know darn well when nighttime come 

I was heading for the foot of the bed 

They say some folks don't know 

What it is having company all over the place 

To wrestle for cover on a winter night 

With a big foot sitting in your face 

Or a cold toenail just a scratching your back 

And the foot boards scrubbin' your head 

I'll tell the world you ain't lost a thing 

Never a sleepin' at the foot of the bed 

I've done it over and over again 

In this land of the brave and the free 

And in this awful battle of life 

It's left it's mark on me 

For I'm always a struggling around 

At the foot instead of forging ahead 

And I don't think it's caused from a dog 

Gone thing but a sleepin' at the foot of the bed