Mississippi Squirrel Revival Lyrics - Ray Stevens Box Set - Ray Stevens

Well when I was kid I'd take a trip 

Every summer down to Mississippi 

To visit my granny in her antebellum world 

I'd run barefooted all day long 

Climbing trees free as a song 

One day I happened catch myself a squirrel 

Well I stuffed him down in an old shoebox 

Punched a couple holes in the top 

When Sunday came, I snuck him in the church 

I was sittin' way back in the very last pew 

Showin' him to my good buddy Hugh 

When that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk 

Well what happened next is hard to tell 

Some thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell 

But the fact that something was among us was plain to see 

As the choir sang, "I surrender all" 

The squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls 

Harv leaped to his feet and said, "Somethin's got a hold on me!" 

The day the squirrel went berserk 

In the First Self-Righteous Church 

In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula 

It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival 

They were jumpin' pews and shouting, "Hallelujah" 

Well Harv hit the aisles, dancin' and screamin' 

Some thought he had religion, others thought he had a demon 

And Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his fruit of the looms 

He fell to his knees to plead and beg 

And that squirrel ran out of his britches leg 

Unobserved to the other side of the room 

All the way down to the Amen pew 

Where sat Sister Bertha better than you 

Who had been watching all the commotion with sadistic glee 

Shoot, you should've seen the look in her eyes 

When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs 

She jumped to her feet and said, "Lord, have mercy on me" 

As the squirrel made laps inside her dress 

She began to cry and then to confess 

To sins that would make a sailor blush with shame 

She told of gossip and church dissension 

But the thing that got the most attention 

Was when she talked about her love life 

And then she started naming names 

The day the squirrel went berserk 

In the First Self-Righteous Church 

In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula 

It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival 

They were jumpin' pews and shouting, "Hallelujah" 

Well 7 deacons and then the pastor got saved 

And 25,000 dollars got raised and 50 volunteered 

For missions in the Congo on the spot 

And even without an invitaion 

There were at least 500 rededications 

And we all got rebaptized whether we needed it or not 

Now you've heard the Bible story, I guess 

How He parted the waters for Moses to pass 

All the miracles God has brought to this ol' world 

But the one I'll remember to my dyin' day 

Is how He put that church back on the narrow way 

With a half crazed Mississippi squirrel 

The day the squirrel went berserk 

In the First Self-Righteous Church 

In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula 

It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival 

They were jumpin' pews and shouting, "Hallelujah" 

The day the squirrel went berserk 

In the First Self-Righteous Church 

In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula 

It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival 

They were jumpin' pews and shouting, "Hallelujah"