Family Funeral Fight

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