Down in West Cal Parish,
about 20 miles from Arkansas
Left a man and his wife
and four or five children
The weirdest people I ever saw,
old man Willis
That's what everybody called him
He used to chase his young 'uns
and his wife
With his jimbo -yung knife
Well, he had four coons,
a cat and a hound dog
That stayed in the same house with him
They ate from his dinner table,
drank from his water bucket
Slept in the same bed with him,
old man Willis
Where do y 'all come from?
He used to chase his youngins
and his poor wife
With his double -bladed hunting knife
Well, mama say she thought he was crazy
That he say he just a drunk
Some people say that he
made his living
makin' whiskey
in the Beth River swamps
Old man Willis,
where do you get your bread?
He used to chase his young 'uns
and his poor wife
With his jimbo and a knife
We used to see him comin'
down the dirt road
In his forty -nine pocket
Mama would holler,
y 'all get under the house
With his drive like a maniac
Old Man Willis,
where do y 'all come from?
He used to chase his youngins
and his poor wife
With his jimbo and knife
Old Man Willis,
where do y 'all come from?
He finally caught his young 'uns
and his poor wife
With his double -bladed hunting knife