Reedology's video: Jerry Reed - Mountain Man

I found this one on a Jerry Reed fan page on Facebook. It was actually posted by one of my friends and it's been stuck in my head since I found it last night. Lyrics: Chorus: Mountain man mountain man Lives his life by the code of the clan You make your way just the best way you can When you’re raised up to be a mountain man God-fearin’ hard-workin’ mountain man Well a big bowl of chippin’s and a jug of corn liquor And some corn pone hot from the pan That’s what I started eatin’ on the day I left my cradle And I had till the day I was a man I swung a double bitted axe in them north Georgie mountains Fore I was even old enough to count to ten Cause they start ya kinda young haulin’ logs droppin’ timber When you’re raised up to be a mountain man Clearin’ timber off your pappy’s bottom land Chorus Well a feller cross the creek Went and bought hisself a flivver a 1934 sedan He traded it with Pa for a sow and a litter And my pappy was a mighty happy man Cause he started runnin’ moonshine down to the city A feller had the money there to pay But the revenuers caught him put him in the county jail And they kept him there a year and a day On the work gang gettin’ no pay Chorus An old hermit up the ridge took a shot at the preacher The bullet ricocheted and hit his thumb Everybody got together and they prayed for the preacher But the doctor had to amputate his thumb So the god-fearin’ neighbors all formed a little pose And they corned that hermit on the ridge Then they hung his by his toes till his nose started bleedin’ And they chased him outta sight across the ridge Just a-kickin’ up his heels across the ridge Chorus Chorus