clear the way for old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker he got drunk
fell in the fur' and kicked up a chunk
a red hot coal hopped in his shoe
good god a'mighty how the ashes flew

get out of the way for old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker climb a tree
the lord did save for him to see
the limb did break, he did fall
killed ol' Callie with a buck eyed ball

clear the way for old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker was a fine old man
swapped his wife to a bob-tailed ram
rode him over a big high cliff
she ain't got up, been laying there yet

get out of the way for old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker he went to town
swallowed a barrel of molasses down
the hoops did swell and the barrel did bust
sent him to hell in a thunder-glust

get out of the way it's the old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker went out a-huntin'
the first thing he spied was a big boar a-rootin'
his back was bent and his tail was a-shakin'
he cocked his gun and he saved his bacon

clear the way it's the old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper

old dan tucker was a fine old man
he washed his face in a fryin' pan
combed his hair with a wagon wheel
and he died with a toothache in his heel

clear the way for old dan tucker
you've come too late for to get your supper