Family Funeral Fight Lyrics

The song Family Funeral Fight is performed by Ray Stevens in the album named Ray Stevens' Box Set in the year 2006 .



Now he was just a little fella
Barely 5 foot 3
But he caused a great commotion
Down in Duck Town Tennessee
Now it was nothing that the old man did
Or one word that he said
Fact is the trouble didn’t start
Till three days after he was dead.

It was a huge military funeral
With the family gathered round
Come to show the old man honor
And to ease him in the ground
But murmurs spread among the crowd
And the mourner’s blood ran cold
When up pulled the big squad car
Marked Tennessee State Patrol

It was the old mans youngest son
Doing 25 to life
For burning down his brother’s trailer
And running off with his wife
The entire family was divided
Held together by a shaky truce
And then a woman yelled
I still love you Earl and all hell broke lose

Brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins
Knife and fist fights by the dozens
Yellin, spittin, bitin, hittin
What a sight to see
At the Duck Town knock down
family funeral fight
It started in the afternoon
And lasted half the night
10 were stabbed 2 were shot
Nobody walked or talked quite right
After the duck Town knock down
Family funeral fight

Well they called out the county Mounties
And old highway patrol
And after about an hour or two
They finally gained control
The sheriff said this is a disgrace
And I’m haulin all yall in
But Not till we bring this service
To a decent end

So the Honor Guard stepped forward
Fired their riffles in the air
An old lady who was snoozin
Jumped and fell out of her chair
And as she hit that Astroturf you won’t
Believe what happened then
A boy yelled “Whoa they shot grandma”
And here we go again

Mourners, Police, Honor Guards,
Relatives from near and far
Cussin, fussin, bitin, and hittin,
What a sight to see
At the Duck Town knock down
Family funeral fight
It started in the afternoon
And lasted half the night
10 were shot 2 were stabbed
Nobody walked or talked quite right
After the Duck Town knock down
Family funeral fight

It was the Duck Town knock down
Family funeral feud
You can’t believe the mayhem
And the chaos that ensued
Why they even shot the sheriff
Punched out the preachers lights
At the Duck Town knock down
Family funeral fight

The Duck Town knock down
Family funeral fight



Ray Stevens - Ray Stevens' Box Set

Feb 2006

  1. It's Me Again, Margaret
  2. Too Drunk To Fish
  3. Misty
  4. Freudian Slip
  5. Sittin' Up With The Dead
  6. Everything Is Beautiful
  7. Power Tools
  8. Drivers Education
  9. Hang Up And Drive
  10. Ahab The Arab
  11. The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The Beginning)
  12. Blue Angel
  13. The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The End?)
  14. Pledging My Love
  15. The Woogie Boogie
  16. Love Will Beat Your Brains Out
  17. The Haircut Song
  18. The Streak
  19. The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
  20. Family Funeral Fight
  21. Deerslayer
  22. Safe At Home
  23. Boogie Woogie
  24. Virgil And The Moonshot
  25. The Hustler
  26. Osama Yo' Mama
  27. Hello Mama
  28. Let's Roll
  29. We're Havin' A Baby
  30. When The Kids Are Gone
  31. Turn Your Radio On
  32. Kitty Cat's Revenge
  33. Juanita & The Kids
  34. Thank You
  35. Shriner's Convention
  36. Nashville
  37. Erik The Awful
  38. The Dog Song
  39. The Cat Song
  40. When I Get Over You
  41. The Pirate Song
  42. Come On Home To Baseball
  43. Gitarzan
  44. Bridget The Midget
  45. Bon Temps Roulette
  46. Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band
  47. Gone For Good
  48. Stand Up
  49. The King Of Christmas
  50. Be Your Own Best Friend
  51. Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick

Family Funeral Fight