Roosevelt And Ira Lee

Tony Joe White - Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Spoken word:) This is about two cats They’re sitting down by a river in the swamps They’re sitting on a log One of them is kind of a big fellow And the other one is a little bit smaller and he’s got a long-billed cap And they’re sitting there pondering on what they’re gonna do for the night And anything the big guy decides on the little guy’s for ’Cause he digs him he’s cool So it’s called Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Blues riff in E) The river was dark and muddy And the moon was on the rise And all of the creatures in the swampland Had woke up to feed for the night Roosevelt and Ira Lee were sitting there on a log Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said I’d sure like to have a mess of bullfrog He said yeah yeah lawd sure would taste good So they slipped on their rubber boots And walked down to the water’s edge And right away they knew that the night would be a bummer ’Cause Ira Lee stepped on a water moccasin he said ugh ugh lawd Somebody help me Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt when he quit his screaming and kicking And he said let’s forget about those bullfrog legs And go out and steal us some chickens And Old Roosevelt said like this now Yeah yeah ooh it sure would taste good Yes it would I love my chicken The river was dark and muddy