Biography:
(For the actor and singer with The Village People, see Ray Stephens.)
Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, 24th January 1939) is an American country and pop singer-songwriter, best known for a series of irreverent, quirky singles such as "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" and "The Streak". His recording career began with two singles released on Prep Records, followed by a short stint with Capitol Records. Both contracts were made with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery.
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[Intro]
F - C
[Verse]
C
Well when I was a kid I'd take a trip
D
Every summer down to Mississipp'
F G C
To visit my granny and her antebellum world
C
I'd run barefooted all day long
D
Climbin' trees free as a song
F G C
One day I happened to catch myself a squirrel
F
Well I stuffed him down in an old shoe box
C
And punched a couple of holes in the top
D G
And when sunday came I snuck him into church
C
I was sittin' way back in the very last pew
D
Showin' him to my good buddy hugh
F G C
When that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk
Am
Well what happened next is hard to tell
Am
Some thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell
Am
But the fact that something was among us was plain to
see
Am
As the choir sang "I surrender all"
Am
The squirrel ran up Harve Newman's cover-alls
Am
And Harve leaped to his feet and said
Am G
"Something's got a hold on me" YEOW!!
[Chorus]
C
The day the squirrel went berserk
D
In the First Self Righteous Church
F G C
In that sleepy little town of Pastagoola
(Pastagoola)
C
It was a fight for survival
D
That broke out in revival
F G C
They were jumpin' pews and shoutin' hallelujah
(halleluja)
[Verse]
C
Well Harve hit the aisles a-dancin' and screamin'
D
Some thought he had religion others thought he had a demon
F G C
And Harve thought he had a weed eater loose in his
fruit of the looms
C
He fell to his knees to plead and beg
D
And the squirrel ran out of his britches leg
F G C
Unobserved to the other side of the room
F
All the way down to the Amen pew
C
Where sat Sister Bertha-Better-Than-You
D G
Who'd been watching all the commotion with sadistic glee
C
Well you should'a seen the look in her eyes
D
When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs
F G C
She jumped to her feet and said "Lord have mercy on me"
Am
As the squirrel made laps inside her dress
Am
She began to cry and then to confess
Am
To sins that would make a sailor blush with shame
Am
She told of gossip and church disention
Am
But the thing that got the most attention
Am
Was when she talked about her love life
Am G
And then she started namin' names
C
Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved
D
And twenty five thousand dollars got raised
F G C
And fifty volunteered for missions in the Congo - on
the spot
C
And even without an invitation
D
There were at least five hundred re-dedications
F G C
And we all got re-baptised whether we needed it or not
F
Now you've heard the Bible story I guess
C
How he parted the waters for Moses to pass
D G
Oh the miracles God has wrought in this old world
C
But the one I'll remember 'til my dying day
D
Is how he put that church back on the narrow way
F G C
With a half crazed Mississippi squirrel
F - C
[Verse]
C
Well when I was a kid I'd take a trip
D
Every summer down to Mississipp'
F G C
To visit my granny and her antebellum world
C
I'd run barefooted all day long
D
Climbin' trees free as a song
F G C
One day I happened to catch myself a squirrel
F
Well I stuffed him down in an old shoe box
C
And punched a couple of holes in the top
D G
And when sunday came I snuck him into church
C
I was sittin' way back in the very last pew
D
Showin' him to my good buddy hugh
F G C
When that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk
Am
Well what happened next is hard to tell
Am
Some thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell
Am
But the fact that something was among us was plain to
see
Am
As the choir sang "I surrender all"
Am
The squirrel ran up Harve Newman's cover-alls
Am
And Harve leaped to his feet and said
Am G
"Something's got a hold on me" YEOW!!
[Chorus]
C
The day the squirrel went berserk
D
In the First Self Righteous Church
F G C
In that sleepy little town of Pastagoola
(Pastagoola)
C
It was a fight for survival
D
That broke out in revival
F G C
They were jumpin' pews and shoutin' hallelujah
(halleluja)
[Verse]
C
Well Harve hit the aisles a-dancin' and screamin'
D
Some thought he had religion others thought he had a demon
F G C
And Harve thought he had a weed eater loose in his
fruit of the looms
C
He fell to his knees to plead and beg
D
And the squirrel ran out of his britches leg
F G C
Unobserved to the other side of the room
F
All the way down to the Amen pew
C
Where sat Sister Bertha-Better-Than-You
D G
Who'd been watching all the commotion with sadistic glee
C
Well you should'a seen the look in her eyes
D
When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs
F G C
She jumped to her feet and said "Lord have mercy on me"
Am
As the squirrel made laps inside her dress
Am
She began to cry and then to confess
Am
To sins that would make a sailor blush with shame
Am
She told of gossip and church disention
Am
But the thing that got the most attention
Am
Was when she talked about her love life
Am G
And then she started namin' names
C
Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved
D
And twenty five thousand dollars got raised
F G C
And fifty volunteered for missions in the Congo - on
the spot
C
And even without an invitation
D
There were at least five hundred re-dedications
F G C
And we all got re-baptised whether we needed it or not
F
Now you've heard the Bible story I guess
C
How he parted the waters for Moses to pass
D G
Oh the miracles God has wrought in this old world
C
But the one I'll remember 'til my dying day
D
Is how he put that church back on the narrow way
F G C
With a half crazed Mississippi squirrel
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