Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)
"Little" Jimmy Dickens
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music, Country & Western Hit Parade 1949
Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait) - Little Jimmy Dickens
When I was A little boy
Around the table at home
I remember very well
When Company would come
I would have to be right still
Unil the whole crowd ate
My mama always said to me
Jim take a tater and wait
Now taters never did taste good
With chicken on the plate
But I had to eat 'em just the same
That is why I look so bad
And have these puny ways
Cause I always had to
Take an old cold tater and wait
And then the preachers
They would come
To stay a while with us
I would have to slip around
And raise a little fuss
In fear that I would spill the beans
Or break a china plate
My mama always said to me
Jim take a tater and wait
Now taters never did taste good
With chicken on the plate
But I had to eat 'em just the same
That is why I look so bad
And have these puny ways
Because I always had to
Take an old cold tater and wait
Well I thought that
I would starve to death
Before my time would come
All that chicken they would eat
And just leave me the bun
The feet and neck were all that was left
Upon the china plate
It makes ya pretty darn weak
To take an old cold tater and wait
Well taters never did taste good
With chicken on the plate
But I had to eat 'em just the same
That is why I look so bad
And have these puny ways
Because I always had to
Take an old cold tater and wait