(Dark Old Cave) Miller's Cave:Dickey Lee.
Album - The Tale Of Patches - #50 on BB
Hot 200 on SMASH Records in 1962.
INTRO:
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(Dark old cave..Miller's cave.)
#1.
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Way down in the state of Georgia, through the
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swamps and everglades.
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There's a hole in Tiger Mountain, God help the
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man who gets lost in Miller's Cave.
D
I had a girl (had a girl) in Waycross Georgia
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(Waycross Georgia) but she had unfaithful ways.
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Made me feel (made me feel) I was unwanted (so
A
unwanted) like the bats and the bears in Miller's
D
Cave.
#2.
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I couldn't stand the way she did me, couldn't
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take her lowdown ways.
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Before I'll stay with a cheatin' woman, I'll go
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live with the bears in Miller's Cave.
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(Dark old, dark old, dark old cave.)
#3.
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I caught her out (caught her out) one Sunday morning,
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(Sunday morning) with the man they call Big Dave.
Ab Eb
Meanest man (meanest man) in Waycross Georgia,
(Waycross, Georgia) I'd rather fight a
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mountain lion in Miller's Cave.
#4.
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I said you'll pay (said you'll pay) both you and Davy
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(you and Davy) I'm gonna see you in your graves.
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They laughed at me (laughed at me) and then I shot 'em
(then I shot 'em.)
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I took their cheatin', scheming bones to Miller's Cave.
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(Dark old, dark old, dark old cave.)
#5.
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That woman made (woman made) me feel unwanted (so unwanted)
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but I showed her I was brave.
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Most wanted man in the state of Georgia, but they'll never
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find me, cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.