K:D {i}(From: Mel Bay's Front Porch Old-Time Songbook. By Wayne Erbsen){/i} I [D]am my mama's darling boy, I am my mama's [A]darling boy, I [D]am my mama's darling boy, Sing a little [A]song called [D]Soldier's Joy. [D]Grasshopper sitting on a sweet potato vine, Grasshopper sitting on a [A]sweet potato vine, [D]Grasshopper sitting on a sweet potato vine, Along comes a [A]chicken and [D]says, "You're mine." I'm [D]gonna get a drink, don't you want to go, I'm gonna get a drink, don't you [A]want to go, I'm [D]gonna get a drink, don't you want to go, All for the [A]soldier's [D]joy. I [D]love somebody, yes I do, I love somebody, [A]yes I do, I [D]love somebody, yes I do, And I bet you five [A]dollars, you [D]can't guess who. ---------------------------------------------------- [D]Twenty five cents for whiskey, 25 cents for [A]beer. [D]Twenty five cents for morphine, get me [A]out of [D]here. I'm my momma's pride and joy (3X) Sing you a song called the soldier's joy I'm gonna get you there don't you want to go (3X) All for the soldier's joy Jump down, turn around, Daddy shot a bear, (3X) Shot him 'tween the eyes and he never touched a hair. (dance: Chase the Rabbit) Well, you chase the rabbit and you chase the squirrel, Chase that pretty girl round the world. Then you load your gun and you aim it right, Let's hurry up boys don't take all night. Now you chase that possum and you chase that coon, And you chase that great big old baboon. Couple up two, then you buckle up four and circle to the left in the middle of the floor.