Sis' Draper Lyrics - Ricky Skaggs

Kick your shoes off in the corner 

Mama, tuck 'em babies all up snug 

Sis' Draper's comin' over 

We all gonna cut a rug 

When you see that lantern swingin' yonder 

Comin' up the Holler Road 

Them dogs'll get to barkin' 

Ought to tie 'em all up with a rope 

Now, you boys better get in tune 

Sis' Draper's gonna be here soon 

Don't shoot no dice nor get too tight 

If you're gonna pick with Sis' tonight 

She came down from the Boston mountains 

There was lightnin' in the air 

Honey on them fiddle strings 

Magnolias in her hair 

Now, she's a diamond in the rough 

If you can't see the shine that's tough 

She'll play all night for the likes of us 

Sis Draper's got the touch 

She'll play all night if she feels like it 

Drink some fruit punch if you spike it 

Sis' don't care who don't like it 

See, ol' Sis has got a heck of a bow arm on her 

She stepped right up and sawed one off 

And uncle Cleve dropped his jaw 

Said she's the best I ever saw 

She must be from Arkansas 

Now, I think grandpa used to date her 

Grandma said she still hates her 

All the fellas stand up straighter 

In the presence of Sis' Draper 

Sis' Draper is her daddy's daughter 

Plays the fiddle that he bought her 

Plays it like her mamy taught her 

She's a travelin' Arkansawyer 

She put her fiddle in the box 

And said it's getting awful late 

She's on her way to Little Rock 

And Little Rock can't wait 

So, we all stood there in the yard 

Hands full of watermelon 

Watched her leave and watched her go 

Wishin' we was in that wagon 

Sis' Draper is her daddy's daughter 

Plays the fiddle that he bought her 

Plays it like her mamy taught her 

She's a travelin' Arkansawyer 

Play it Sis'