Ballin' Keen:Sandy Lee.
On SANTA FE and CREST Records
in 1959. (Great Rockabilly.)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C
Now, down in the state of Tennessee, there's a real
cool cat called "Ballin' Keen".
C
He likes to rock an' he likes to roll, he's got rockin'
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in his soul.
[Verse 2]
C
Well, last Saturday night about twelve o'clock, down on
the corner they's startin' to rock.
C
Ballin' Keen was havin' a ball, swingin' 'em short an'
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swingin' em tall.
[Verse 3]
C
Then Bulldog Johnny come strollin' in, six feet six an'
he ain't no friend.
C
Kicked off a shoe an' he knocked out a light, he said,
"move out cat's there's gonna be a fight."
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
C
Well, Bulldog Johnny sorta cased the place, 'n he looked
old Ball right square in the face.
C
Ballin' Keen was a-holdin' ground, he said, "me or you, one
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is leavin' town."
[Verse 5]
C
Then the lights went out and they had a fight, everybody
wondered what happened that night.
C
Nobody saw what was goin' on, when the lights come on Bulldog
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was gone.
[Verse 6]
C
Now, down in the state of Tennessee, there's the strangest
legend that you ever did see.
C
Nobody knows the answer 'cause nobody seen, nobody 'cept ol'
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Ballin' Keen.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.